In this last week, we have been shown Pluto’s heart, and have been offered a tantalising hint of a possible ‘sister Earth’ 1400 or so light years distant. The recent announcement of Breakthrough Listen, a massive search initiative from Russian tycoon, Yuri Milner, to detect radio signals from extra-terrestrial intelligence, seems synchronous. Astronomers have now discovered almost […]
Tag: exploration
The Billion Mile Smile
Human and conflict are words that go together like horse and cart. Our accumulated knowledge and experience show that things never stay calm for long in the outer Eden of human existence. Moralise all we will, there is always grit in the mill of goodness and balm to the ointment of pain. We live at […]