The pale blue dot ☀️
THURSDAY | 2.27.25
On 14 February 1990, Voyager 1 took a photo that would change the way we see ourselves in the grand scheme of the universe. Four years later, Carl Sagan summed it all up pretty well in a speech about exploration:
“Look again at that dot. That's here. That's home. That's us. On it everyone you love, everyone you know, everyone you ever heard of, every human being who ever was, lived out their lives. The aggregate of our joy and suffering, thousands of confident religions, ideologies, and economic doctrines, every hunter and forager, every hero and coward, every creator and destroyer of civilization, every king and peasant, every young couple in love, every mother and father, hopeful child, inventor and explorer, every teacher of morals, every corrupt politician, every "superstar," every "supreme leader," every saint and sinner in the history of our species lived there — on a mote of dust suspended in a sunbeam.”
Well said Dr. Sagan, well said. Few more good things and goings-on this Thursday.
The Cosmic Collection — a limited-edition capsule collection of intergalactic goods ideal for reading and wearing on Earth. Keep it cosmic.
The Science of Interstellar
If you’re still scratching your head trying to figure out why Matthew McConaughey's daughter ages 23 years in 3 hours in Interstellar, give this a watch. Disclaimer: We are not responsible for any resulting existential crises.
This Week in Egypt
A new tomb has been discovered in Egypt’s Valley of the Kings, the missing chapter of an ancient story archeologists have been piecing together for nearly a century since King Tut’s discovery in 1922. Ms. Laura Croft was not available for comment.
Courtside Housing
Ever wondered where the final resting place of Serena and Venus’s Wimbledon tennis balls is? Turns out the answer lies with the mice. MTV Cribs reboot x Jerry Mouse coming soon.
Other Good News & Happenings
700,000 turtles headed to the big ‘ol blue — coo-coo-cachoo.
The Ride of a Lifetime: tales of a limousine driver.
The Flow Farmers Market is happening again in Miami this Sunday with local vendors and good humans. See ya there folks.
Someone to follow: @evanmcohen. Out of this world.
Chameleons love Robert Irwin — ditto.
