Happy New 1000 Light Years — IMRAN®
Every day, NASA and great scientists make us realize two things — the very dichotomies that we ourselves are the evidence of.
The data about the sizes and distances of these discoveries highlight how insignificant we are in the grand scale of things. (This photo is from an incredible but barely understood system "merely" 1000 light years away.)
Seeing how even the known Universe has absolutely zero need for any life to exist — much less for us humans to go about acting like masters of our domain — makes one pause. And that realization then also makes one gasp in amazement at how incredible our very existence is in the grand scheme of things.
We are, at once, infinitesimally small and infinitely privileged — a fleeting spark in a cosmos that neither notices nor requires us, yet somehow conscious enough to wonder, question, create, and seek meaning in the void. That paradox alone is a miracle worth honoring.
May we learn more about the Creator before it's time to meet our Maker. May we make wiser use of the time we're given, and create moments, memories, and meaning worthy of the gift of existence. Let's make the best creative use of time and life.
Happy New 1000 Light Years.
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NASA's Hubble Reveals Largest Found Chaotic Birthplace of Planets
Astronomers using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope have imaged the largest protoplanetary disk ever observed circling a young star. For the first time in visible light, Hubble has revealed the disk is unexpectedly chaotic and turbulent, with wisps of material stretching much farther above and below the disk than astronomers have seen in any similar system. Strangely, more extended filaments are only visible on one side of the disk. The findings, which published Tuesday in The Astrophysical Journal, mark a new milestone for Hubble and shed light on how planets may form in extreme environments, as NASA's missions lead humanity's exploration of the universe and our place in it.
Located roughly 1,000 light-years from Earth, IRAS
23077+6707, nicknamed "Dracula's Chivito," spans nearly
400 billion miles — 40 times the diameter of our solar system to the outer edge of the Kuiper Belt of cometary bodies. The disk obscures the young star within it, which scientists believe may be either a hot, massive star, or a pair of stars. And the enormous disk is not only the largest known planet-forming disk; it's also shaping up to be one of the most unusual.
Credit: NASA, ESA, STScl, Kristina Monsch (CfA); Image Processing: Joseph DePasquale (STScl)
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