Quote of the day, mostly related to astronomy.

[GCoyote]

In regard to the last….

“The universe does not exist for human entertainment. Rather, humans exist to entertain the universe.”

nFA

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Turns out it's a comedy act.
We're the punchline.

[messier 111]

I don't know what you could say about a day in which you have seen four beautiful sunsets. John Glenn

[messier 111]

Philosophically, the universe has really never made things in ones. The Earth is special and everything else is different? No, we've got seven other planets. The sun? No, the sun is one of those dots in the night sky. The Milky Way? No, it's one of a hundred billion galaxies. And the universe - maybe it's countless other universes. Neil deGrasse Tyson

[messier 111]

People need to be made conscious of a very simple reality: we have no choice but to share this planet, this small blue sphere floating in the vast reaches of space, with all of our fellow 'passengers.' Daisaku Ikeda

[notFritzArgelander]

Philosophically, the universe has really never made things in ones. The Earth is special and everything else is different? No, we've got seven other planets. The sun? No, the sun is one of those dots in the night sky. The Milky Way? No, it's one of a hundred billion galaxies. And the universe - maybe it's countless other universes. Neil deGrasse Tyson

There can be only one. - The Highlander

[messier 111]

In so many and such important ways, then, do the planets bear witness to the earth's mobility. Nicolaus Copernicus

[messier 111]

The most important thing about Spaceship Earth - an instruction book didn't come with it. R. Buckminster Fuller

[messier 111]

There is just one thing I can promise you about the outer-space program - your tax-dollar will go further. Wernher von Braun

[messier 111]

Trees go wandering forth in all directions with every wind, going and coming like ourselves, traveling with us around the sun two million miles a day, and through space heaven knows how fast and far! John Muir

[messier 111]

On Earth, men and women are taking the same risks. Why shouldn't we be taking the same risks in space? Valentina Tereshkova

[messier 111]

Why is there space rather than no space? Why is space three-dimensional? Why is space big? We have a lot of room to move around in. How come it's not tiny? We have no consensus about these things. We're still exploring them. Leonard Susskind

[messier 111]

The motions of the comets are exceedingly regular, and they observe the same laws as the motions of the planets, but they differ from the motions of vortices in every particular and are often contrary to them. Isaac Newton

[messier 111]

Most of our history in space has been communicated in terms of action - what people do, a chronological list of events which have transpired - as opposed to the human experience of having done those things. Story Musgrave

[messier 111]

The stars look the same from night to night. Nebulae and galaxies are dully immutable, maintaining the same overall appearance for thousands or millions of years. Indeed, only the sun, moon and planets - together with the occasional comet, asteroid or meteor - seem dynamic. Seth Shostak

[messier 111]

Life can be less mysterious than we make it out to be when we try to think about how it would be on other planets. And if we remove the mystery of life, then I think it is a little bit easier for us to think about how we live, and how perhaps we're not as special as we always think we are. Chris Adami

[messier 111]

When you gaze at stars and think about planets, the places it takes your imagination are amazing! You look up the sky, and you know the stars have always been here; they were referenced in biblical times and have always been present. They are somewhere up there in the future, and they guide you; they make you feel safe. Sarah Brightman

[notFritzArgelander]

The stars look the same from night to night. Nebulae and galaxies are dully immutable, maintaining the same overall appearance for thousands or millions of years. Indeed, only the sun, moon and planets - together with the occasional comet, asteroid or meteor - seem dynamic. Seth Shostak

Except for those pesky variable stars, novae, supernovae, flickering SMBHs.

[messier 111]

Nothing exists except atoms and empty space; everything else is opinion. Democritus

[messier 111]

We're all humans living on this tiny little rock, floating through space at, like, thousands of miles an hour. We should all just get along. Finn Balor

[messier 111]

Between stimulus and response, there is a space where we choose our response. Stephen Covey