Universe in Verse

NASA posted this to Facebook from James Webb telescope.

Sunday April 7 evening, an event to kick off eclipse gatherings. After all, all these tourists arrived in San Antonio and Austin and had nothing to do waiting until the next afternoon. But this event was more than just a time filler. The YouTube live coverage let me snap a few photos off the computer. 

This is Maria Popova, a young genius editor of The Marginalian Newsletter. She was the MC for various talented creative people who gave their own poetry or that of famous others. Maria also gave a wonderful historic narrative of astronomy as it developed. The Greeks, for instance, didn't have the word for science (and she told when it was adapted) but the Greeks left all these musings to philosphers.

My stills from the video of several presenters:

 

Please skip the first 42 minutes before the actual program starts. It's fun to scroll through the presentations (IMHO).

Please skip the first 42 minutes before the actual program starts. It's fun to scroll through the presentations (IMHO).