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13.4 Billion Years Ago
Galaxies are Born
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Expanding Universe
Galaxies formed early in cosmic history, within a few hundred million years of the Big Bang. This shows that structure emerged quickly from an initially simple universe. Observations confirm that gravity wasted little time turning primordial gas into organized systems, even before features we now consider typical. Such as central supermassive black holes commonly found in galaxies.
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“We are all connected to each other biologically, to the Earth chemically, and to the rest of the universe atomically.”
- Carl Sagan
- circa 1980
We Are Stardust
Carl Sagan had many similar quotes to this.
Carl Sagan reminds us that we are intimately connected to the universe. The particles that form our bodies are borrowed from a cosmic pool of just 17 particles and four forces. Even more humbling, the molecules within us were forged in the hearts of stars, linking us directly to the vast cosmos that surrounds us.
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CRITICAL THINKING: Does the Fermi paradox lack good thinking?
CRITICAL THINKING: The Fermi Paradox.
Good thinking isn’t just about asking big questions like the Fermi Paradox—it’s about recognizing the biases that shape our answers and staying open to possibilities far beyond our current understanding.
Astronomy
“Keep looking up!” --Neil deGrasse Tyson
“The universe is a self-reconfiguring machine, with nothing being created from the void nor destroyed to nothing. At the core of reality are four forces guiding 17+ particles. We see these particles combine into atoms and molecules. Those molecules bundle into materials, and those materials evolve into life.” –M. A. Prestwood (Paraphrased from chapters 1 & 18 of 30 Philosophers)
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The Universe Before the Telescope
Before instruments extended our vision, the universe was understood through naked-eye observation—the Sun, Moon, and five wandering planets set against a backdrop of stars that sometimes fell.
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The Universe Before the Telescope
Astronomy
Before instruments extended our vision, the universe was understood through naked-eye observation—the Sun, Moon, and five wandering planets set against a backdrop of stars that sometimes fell.
Thu 11 Apr 2024
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Updated 3 days ago.