I hope you've been looking at all the photos from the James Webb Space Telescope. I hope you have been seeking out the photos and the commentary! The photos have already expanded our view of the universe and are already giving us further insight into the mysteries of the vast universe.
The experience of looking at the photos and reading the commentary about them is exciting, it's inspiring, it's beautiful and it's educational. It's revelations! And it gives me hope.
Have a look:
The new science coming from the James Webb telescope has astronomers giddy (NPR).
James Webb Space Telescope's stunning 'Phantom Galaxy' picture looks like a wormhole (NPR).
Webb Images of Jupiter and More Now Available In Commissioning Data (NASA).
I look out at that vast universe and think of all the wonderful opportunities for learning. And all possibility. Dream it - it could be out there!
We are under no obligation to praise the universe - it has no consciousness nor ears to hear such, and no ego that needs to be catered to. But I do feel reverence for the universe - its vastness, its complexity, its glorious majesty, its potential for endless learning. I want to celebrate it, I want to indulge this feeling of rapture - and so I do!
We need psalms of celebration for these amazing photos and the knowledge that comes with them!
And we also need to celebrate that we have a brain and a consciousness that allows us both to celebrate it and to wonder what it means.
