Quote for Today: Mona Soorma
From a place of darkness Stars watch the wounded dreams sigh On their bed of aches and broken skin But they are dreams, and all they know is how to …
Quote for Today: Sarah Williams
Though my soul may set in darkness, it will rise in perfect light; I have loved the stars too fondly to be fearful of the night. ―Sarah Williams, “The Old …
Quote for Today: H.P. Lovecraft
Children will always be afraid of the dark, and men with minds sensitive to hereditary impulse will always tremble at the thought of the hidden and fathomless worlds of strange …
Quote for Today: Alan Moore
The photograph is in my hand. It is the photograph of a man and a woman. They are at an amusement park, in 1959. In twelve seconds time, I drop …
Window on the Universe: The Hubble Space Telescope Turns 25
Deep space photography explores the craftsmanship of the cosmos. Where do we draw the dividing line between art and science? On April 24, 1990, the Discovery Shuttle mission STS-31 launched the Hubble Space …
Quote for Today: Sylvia Plath
The night sky is only a sort of carbon paper, Blueblack, with the much-poked periods of stars Letting in the light, peephole after peephole— A bonewhite light, like death, behind …
Made of Star Stuff: Thoughts on Milky Way by Mihoko Ogaki
It is human to fear things that make us feel uncertain. How can art help us to befriend those fears? The surface of the Earth is the shore of the …
Quote for Today: William Golding
Now we, if not in the spirit, have been caught up to see our earth, our mother, Gaia Mater, set like a jewel in space. We have no excuse now …
Quote for Today: Stephen Hawking
There could be shadow galaxies, shadow stars, and even shadow people. —Stephen Hawking
Quote for Today: Kamal Ravikant
I promise you that the same stuff galaxies are made of, you are. The same energy that swings planets around stars makes electrons dance in your heart. It is in …