The infinitely bewildering question — How far does outer space go? — got a brief mention in the newest book by popular astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson. Yet, despite the encouraging title, To Infinity and Beyond, the explanation presented by coauthors…
By Stuart Greenbaum Ranked up there with “amazing” and “extraordinary” and “everyone,” the adjective “magical” is among the most misused and overused of hyperbolic descriptors. Very rarely is something as suggested not only baffling in the entertaining sense, but profoundly…
Humble Sky, the title and theme of this blog, observes that humankind need only look skyward to appreciate the obvious limit of our comprehension; and further, that this universal reality check should encourage us to be more curious and more…
There’s big news and bad news about the cosmos. In The New York Times article “Cosmic Confusion” on February 26, science writer Dennis Overbye reveals how astronomers are intrigued by a new finding that suggests “The universe seems to be…
Suppose there was that night when a car with no headlights raced through the intersection, against a red light and just missed hitting you. Suppose, or what if, it didn’t miss? What if that time a stranger’s Heimlich maneuver saved…
