“It has been said that astronomy is a humbling and character-building experience. There is perhaps no better demonstration of the folly of human conceits than this distant image of our tiny world. To me, it underscores our responsibility to deal more kindly with one another and to preserve and cherish the pale blue dot, the only home we’ve ever known.”
― Carl Sagan, Pale Blue Dot: A Vision of the Human Future in Space
Remembrance and honorIn the United States, Veterans Day remains a day not just for those who served or are in service of the US Armed Forces, but also a day of remembrance for all who have served their country and a reflection on those who paid the ultimate price for...
Breaking Isolation Tomorrow will be a huge adventure for us. We will be taking our first real trip in more than 6 months. We aren't going far but it will be the furthest we have traveled as a family since all this crazy started. We found a perfect enviroment that...
This image, captured by the SPHERE instrument on ESO’s Very Large Telescope, shows the star TYC 8998-760-1 accompanied by two giant exoplanets. This is the first time astronomers have directly observed more than one planet orbiting a star similar to the Sun.This one...