Albert Einstein said, “The most beautiful experience we can have is the mysterious. It is the fundamental emotion that stands at the cradle of true art and true science.”
In the video below, we get to see science and art truly meet as we have the opportunity to (attempt to) wrap our minds around the inexpressibility of the expanse of creation. In recent years we have learned that our immense Milky Way galaxy is just one part of a much larger structure, known as the Laniakea Supercluster. The video does a great job of helping us visualize this mind-blowing structure.
If there is one thing at which we all ought to be amazed, surely it is the creation that surrounds us and of which we are each an incredibly small but incredibly important part.
And today we celebrate...