#NASA
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A Speck Against The Vast (Infinite) Universe
Can you see that tiny pale blue dot just about midway down the brown bar to the left? That is our dear planet, Earth. What comes to your mind as you look at such a little speck against an overwhelming dark background? NASA’s Voyager 1 space probe took this photo on February 14, 1990, at…
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The Center of The Universe
Three years ago, I was going through a NASA website, following a trend in an argument that once took place a long time ago. The argument having ensued for many centuries, during the growth of astronomy. However, I brought this up now because, sometime this year, some group of people calling themselves the Flat Earthers…
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The Overwhelming Universe.
NASA recently released this astounding Photo of the far Universe; as seen by Hubble. Here’s a Piece I read from Douglas Preston‘s book, Impact. “The Universe is a hundred and fifty-six billion light-years in diameter, and that’s just our part of it; the part we can see. The Human brain can’t imagine the Universe.. The…
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Supermoon Memoirs (2016)
The Saga of the 2016 Supermoon has come and gone. Night on the 14th of November 2016, the Moon was closer to the Earth than normal and shone the brightest since 1948. The phenomenon, called a Supermoon, happens when the moon is full at the same time that it’s orbiting at its closest point to…
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CHANGE Is A Constant
Let’s come up to date. Every minute of every day a jet aircraft takes off to carry cargo and passengers for hundreds, even thousands of kilometres. Men and women have lived and worked for months at a time in orbiting space stations. Twelve men have walked the Moon. In the developed world, life without a…
Eupheus (to Know) 