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Our Vast Universe

Posted on Jan 15, 2015Jan 17, 2015 by Jason Vaughn

Want a better idea of how huge the universe is? Take a gander at the biggest and most detailed image yet of the Andromeda Galaxy, our nearest galactic neighbor, which is 2.5 million light years away and estimated to contain a trillion stars. Now think about how estimates have shown that there are more than 100 billion galaxies […]

We Are Wanderers

Posted on Dec 3, 2014Jan 24, 2015 by Jason Vaughn

Even if this short film by Erik Wernquist didn’t have great visuals, it would still be worth a watch because it’s got a Carl Sagan voice-over. And stopping to listen to Carl’s words and voice is never a waste of time — unless you’re in the middle of a high-speed car chase or trying to defuse a […]