Comments on: Hubble Telescope: One Awesome Cougar http://galacticwatercooler.com/2009/09/13/hubble-telescope-one-awesome-cougar/ The Friendliest People in Geekdom Mon, 06 Feb 2012 23:18:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: bkitty http://galacticwatercooler.com/2009/09/13/hubble-telescope-one-awesome-cougar/#comment-323087 bkitty Mon, 14 Sep 2009 03:32:41 +0000 http://www.galacticawatercooler.com/?p=3887#comment-323087 oh. my. gods. lovely. oh. my. gods.

lovely.

]]> By: Sherri http://galacticwatercooler.com/2009/09/13/hubble-telescope-one-awesome-cougar/#comment-323083 Sherri Mon, 14 Sep 2009 01:48:55 +0000 http://www.galacticawatercooler.com/?p=3887#comment-323083 Hi Doug, Each time I look at the Hubble pictures I do think of all possible life out there. It also reminds me of the following quote by Carl Sagan from Cosmos. "There are some hundred billion (1011) galaxies, each with, on the average, a hundred billion stars. In all the galaxies, there are perhaps as many planets as stars, 1011 x 1011 = 1022, ten billion trillion. In the face of such overpowering numbers, what is the likelihood that only one ordinary star, the Sun, is accompanied by an inhabited planet? Why should we, tucked away in some forgotten corner of the Cosmos, be so fortunate? To me, it seems far more likely that the universe is brimming over with life. But we humans do not yet know. We are just beginning our explorations. The only planet we are sure is inhabited is a tiny speck of rock and metal, shining feebly by reflected sunlight, and at this distance utterly lost." Just imagine what is happening at this very moment somewhere out there...magical. Sherri (smarx) Hi Doug,

Each time I look at the Hubble pictures I do think of all possible life out there. It also reminds me of the following quote by Carl Sagan from Cosmos.

“There are some hundred billion (1011) galaxies, each with, on the average, a hundred billion stars. In all the galaxies, there are perhaps as many planets as stars, 1011 x 1011 = 1022, ten billion trillion. In the face of such overpowering numbers, what is the likelihood that only one ordinary star, the Sun, is accompanied by an inhabited planet? Why should we, tucked away in some forgotten corner of the Cosmos, be so fortunate? To me, it seems far more likely that the universe is brimming over with life. But we humans do not yet know. We are just beginning our explorations. The only planet we are sure is inhabited is a tiny speck of rock and metal, shining feebly by reflected sunlight, and at this distance utterly lost.”

Just imagine what is happening at this very moment somewhere out there…magical.

Sherri (smarx)

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