"That means that... our whole solar system... could be, like... one tiny atom in the fingernail of some other giant being. This is too much!" Larry (Animal House)
Two of my recent favorite things:
Some of the quality time I miss the most with my husband is sitting across from him, whether it be over morning coffee or dessert after dinner and telling him I want to discuss the moon and the stars. This to me means anything from neuroscience, heaven and hell, dreams and desires, and of course outer space.
Two of my recent favorite things:
Getting out of work and strolling through the first and most fascinating landscaped parks in the US, Central Park. Winding through the rocky outcroppings, Lilly-pond swamps, and weeping willows, I can catch glimpses of shining stars.
Taking in the view of the city twenty stories high at dusk as the lights slowly twinkle on and the sun sets into the Hudson casting a fiery glow on the mirrored glass resembling a building on fire...
Scientists say that on a clear night one can see 2500 stars from one point on Earth with the Naked Eye. And there are over 8,000 visible ones. Astronomers are convinced there are over 200 thousand million stars in the Milky Way alone. This is only one of millions of other galaxies. And in theory more beings other than ourselves...
In case you missed Astronomy 101, this is absolutely mind blowing to consider and accept.
And he knows every one of them by name. Makes New York really small. And my worries insignificant.
Do you really think we're alone?
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