Our small place in space - this planet Earth - together with Sun and
other planets of our solar system and their many moons is located about
two-thirds from the center of the disk-shaped galaxy that we know as the
Milky Way. When we look toward its center on a clear night what we see is
the faint luminosity of billions of stars that make up this galaxy.
There are other galaxies too, far away, that look to our naked eyes just
like any other star. But they too contain billions of stars. From our vantage
point on Earth, orbiting a rather insignificant star that we call Sun, located
in the Milky Way Galaxy in one of its many solar systems - we gaze in
wonder.
At last, I have come to that stage in life and career that I can put aside
the urge to understand some little details, however fundamental they may be
in the edifice of a particular science - in my case nuclear and astrophysics
- and look to the grander scale of our place in the universe with its Sun
and planets and their many moons stretching far away. I tell, too, the story
of life, its needs, and vicissitudes on Earth and in its seas, as well as other
possible habitable zones on other planets and on the larger moons of some
of them.
Our small place in space - this planet Earth - together with Sun and
other planets of our solar system and their many moons is located about
two-thirds from the center of the disk-shaped galaxy that we know as the
Milky Way. When we look toward its center on a clear night what we see is
the faint luminosity of billions of stars that make up this galaxy.
There are other galaxies too, far away, that look to our naked eyes just
like any other star. But they too contain billions of stars. From our vantage
point on Earth, orbiting a rather insignificant star that we call Sun, located
in the Milky Way Galaxy in one of its many solar systems - we gaze in
wonder.
At last, I have come to that stage in life and career that I can put aside
the urge to understand some little details, however fundamental they may be
in the edifice of a particular science - in my case nuclear and astrophysics
- and look to the grander scale of our place in the universe with its Sun
and planets and their many moons stretching far away. I tell, too, the story
of life, its needs, and vicissitudes on Earth and in its seas, as well as other
possible habitable zones on other planets and on the larger moons of some
of them.
Space Galaxy & Frontiers
148
Space Galaxy & Frontiers
148Paperback
Product Details
| ISBN-13: | 9798892774352 |
|---|---|
| Publisher: | Notion Press |
| Publication date: | 10/18/2023 |
| Pages: | 148 |
| Product dimensions: | 5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.34(d) |