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Who We Are
This photo above was taken by Voyager 1 on February 14th, 1990. The tiny, blue dot on the right (look in the middle of the rightmost line) is the Earth. Click on the photo to see a larger version....
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This Is Our Home
Photo from Cassini probe from Saturn (土星, 토성) of the Earth, courtesy of JPL. Click on original JPL photo album page. Don’t screw it up!
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RIP Comet Ison
This image above shows the recent demise of Comet Ison (courtesy of Ars Technica). The comet, which you can see on the bottom-left gets very close to the Sun and comes around the back-side, but much...
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Astronomy and Why I Am A Buddhist
Recently on Twitter I found this post: I never imagined that flying to space would give me a different view of our entire galaxy. #BlueDot pic.twitter.com/OnLxUJF18w — Alexander Gerst (@Astro_Alex)...
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Spock and Me
Hello, As some readers might know, I am a fan of classic Star Trek. I have been a fan since I was a boy when the Star Trek movies were popular.1 Recently, I made a small impulse-purchase and bought a...
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The Universe is just So Big
(Far-side of the Moon, as photographed by astronaut Al Worden) Recently the BBC interviewed astronaut Al Worden who flew on the Apollo 15 mission to the Moon. He stayed in the ship while the other...
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Rethinking the Phantom Menace
Spock: Is it possible that we two, you and I, have grown so old and so inflexible that we have outlived our usefulness? –Star Trek VI Hi all, My daughter, “Princess” is now 8 years old, and takes after...
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The Mathematics of Buddhism
Recently I discovered the 30th chapter of the Flower Garland Sutra, which is titled “The Incalculable”. This chapter is somewhat shorter but takes a very unique approach to expressing the massive...
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Mount Fuji From Orbit
Hello, I follow astronauts from NASA and JAXA (Japan’s version of NASA) on Twitter, and one astronaut, Wakata Koichi (若田 光一), posted this really interesting message from the International Space Station...
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Buddhism and Science: Reconciling The Two
From time to time I like reading about things from a long, long time ago. Older the better. In high-school, I loved to read about ancient and mysterious civilizations such as the Sumerians or the...
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