The Most Astounding Fact About The Universe : Starts With A Bang “Is no one inspired by our present picture of the Universe? This value of science remains unsung by singers, you are reduced to hearing not a song or poem, but an evening lecture about it. This is not yet a scientific age.” -Richard Feynman Back in 2008, Time Magazine interviewed Neil de Grasse Tyson, and asked him, “ What is the most astounding fact you can share with us about the Universe?” His answer was indeed a very good, true, and astounding fact about the Universe: that all the complex atoms that make up everything we know owe their origins to ancient, exploded stars, dating back billions of years. Image credit: NASA, ESA, HEIC, Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA). It’s a great fact, and it’s definitely on the short list of the most remarkable things we’ve learned about the Universe. It didn’t have to be this way. Not just the trees, the mountains, the skies and the oceans. Image credit: R. The way it all turned out, no doubt, is absolutely wondrous. The entire Universe, on all scales,
KEO is the name of a proposed space time capsule which was to have been launched in 2003 carrying messages from the citizens of present Earth to humanity 50,000 years from now, when it would re-enter Earth's atmosphere. It was later delayed to 2006, then to 2007/2008, then to 2010/2011, then to 2012, and is currently estimated to launch in 2014. [ 1 ] The project KEO claims to be supported by UNESCO (who it claims voted it "Project of the 21st century" [ 2 ] ), Hutchison Whampoa , the European Space Agency , and among other institutions. Its name represents the three most frequently used sounds common to the most widely spoken languages today, / k / , / e / , and / o / . [ 3 ] [ edit ] Personal messages Every person is invited to contribute to the time capsule. [ edit ] Other contents KEO will also carry a diamond that encases a drop of human blood chosen at random and samples of air , sea water , and earth . [ 4 ] The DNA of the human genome will be engraved on one of the diamond's facets.