Duilia de Mello, professor, physics, published commentary on Scientific American about the 30th anniversary of the Hubble Space Telescope and how looking at the stars during the current COVID-19 crisis could bring people closer together.
..."As an astronomer, I am accustomed to observing the cosmos in quiet places. But since the start of self-isolation, it’s so quiet that my own heartbeat is the only background noise. I observe galaxies in the deep universe, in places so far away that their light takes billions of years to reach our eyes. I am used to contemplating this immensity and seeing how little our planet seems in comparison."...
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