Yesterday, the Cassini spacecraft turned its camera back to earth in an attempt to capture an image of Earth through Saturn’s vast rings. The shot is a tribute to Voyager 1’s famous photograph of Earth as a “pale blue dot” set against a vast and empty sky. Of course, the term “pale blue dot” was coined byContinue reading “Pale Blue Dot”
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Stardust
Maybe it’s the recent flyby (and impact) that has space on people’s minds, but here are a couple of worthy links, but the sentiments one of my personal inspirations, Carl Sagan, seem to be popping up all over. This morning for example, I read over at Brainpickings that there is a kids’ book out thatContinue reading “Stardust”
