This is absolutely stunning. The Bad Astronomer has posted a wonderful photo of an absolutely incredible number of stars. How does a brain truly grasp “a thousand trillion”? It’s really actually beyond comprehension. Though we can talk about it, and make it somewhat more manageable by talking about powers of ten, we can’t really...
Carl Sagan – Pale Blue Dot This is one of the most powerful things I’ve ever read or heard. So much so that I keep trying to type something worthwhile to accompany it – and I just can’t. Listen for yourselves – and then listen again. Wonder-ful
Billy Connolly would really hate the latest Astronomy Picture Of the Day (APOD). It shows what is apparently the average colour of the universe … Given that Billy has expressed rather vehemently his intense hatred for all things beige, I think NASA have just struck a bit of a vicious blow
