# Universe
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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 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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the Arecibo Message
Talk about If we are the Only Life forms that is to be found in the Universe, this coded radio message was transmitted in 1974 by the SETI (Search for Extra-Terresterial Intelligence) at Arecibo, Puerto Rico. sent to the Hercules Constellation, to arrive in year 26000.. If there were to be any civilization there, they…
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Where To? Where From?
Here is a very Curious Thought for the Day. What is the Universe expanding into.. And more curious thought, what is the Universe expanding from.. Photo: Andromeda Galaxy Photo Credit: NASA.
Eupheus (to Know) 