What Light Through Yonder Nite Sky Breaks

Last night we went to the boondocks (or as close an approximation as we could get to the boondocks, living in L.A.) to watch the Perseid meteor shower.

“For my part, I know nothing with any certainty, but the sight of the stars makes me dream.” – Vincent van Gogh

Driving back, I was thinking about how amazing it is that we can even do cosmology! What an amazing setup that we can look back in time by collecting light from more and more distance objects. Our universe didn’t have to be this way: it could have been action at a distance, instantaneous transformer of information, etc. And then how would we do cosmology?

One Reply to “What Light Through Yonder Nite Sky Breaks”

  1. All of your pictures are realy bad and you should
    have pictures like the winx club and more kids
    pictures.By the way I am only 12 years old so please dont be mean to me thank you.

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