[econjack]

I've become addicted to the TV program named Universe. I think it's on the History channel and it always has some interesting element of astronomy to discuss. The last episode was about planets and why Pluto was reclassified as a Dwarf Planet. I find the show very interesting and the images and graphics are spectacular.

[DannyTN]

“The Universe has been brought to you by Bridgestone”.

My kids crack up every time they hear that.

[Doc Savage]

The Universe is roughly 14 Billion years. According to the end-theory you believe in it may last another trillion years or exist into infinity. Your lifespan is roughly 75 years if you’re lucky. Your existence is less than a milli-microsecond in all of time. So exactly why are we here now in this universe? Why doesn’t the Universe have a shorter life-span? Why don’t we have a longer life-span, or live forever? What’s the point? Obviously humans will not exist on this planet indefinitely. Another 500 years? 5,000 years? 500,000 years? Highly doubtful. Highly doubtful we will live extraterrestrial. The Universe is so vast, so hostile. Why? You can discover every principle of science and every Law, but unless you can uncover the ‘reason’ we exist, and why we exist now, and the actual purpose of our existence, then we have learned nothing.