News | NASA Says Goodbye to One of Agency’s Great Observatories

One of NASA's four Great Observatories, Spitzer launched on Aug. 25, 2003, and has studied the cosmos in infrared light. Its breathtaking images have revealed the beauty of the infrared universe. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ghnnbMWVtWU#action=share Spitzer made some of the first studies of exoplanet atmospheres (atmospheres of planets around stars other than our Sun). It confirmed two and discovered five of the seven Earth-size exoplanets around the … Continue reading News | NASA Says Goodbye to One of Agency’s Great Observatories

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Connected Universe -The possibilities of existence

This post is another one of my big thinking posts, a lot of it is about how my thinking around creation / religion and God had changed. Don't get me wrong here, there are no answers to this and it's likely I never will find the answers but generally I'm talking about observation of the … Continue reading Connected Universe -The possibilities of existence

Are we alone in the Universe? A Time and Space Question

"There are two possibilities, we are either alone in the universe or we are not. Both of these are equally terrifying." Arthur C Clarke. These words have resonated with me for some time and it's hard to find any human being that could to relate to this feeling. It's a quote that gives me the … Continue reading Are we alone in the Universe? A Time and Space Question

Coincidences – Is the Universe rarely so lazy?

I've been on this Earth a little while now and if there's one thing I'm increasingly convinced that doesn't exist or is rare it's coincidences. The premise is that on your path in life many, many other paths cross yours in different ways and these are totally random events. But I'm not so sure. Do … Continue reading Coincidences – Is the Universe rarely so lazy?

But for man…

I had an amazing comment from my friend Roger of heroicallybadwriters on my post Perspectives in life he said: Remember Things to Come 1936 film: "But for Man, no rest and no ending. He must go on, conquest beyond conquest. First this little planet with its winds and ways, and then all the laws of mind and matter that … Continue reading But for man…