Space Is Dark For a Reason... And It_s Terrifying
Close your eyes and let your mind drift into the crushing blackness of space. A gentle journey into why the universe is dark, and why that darkness is more terrifying than any shadow on Earth. Carl Sagan described space as "a wide yawning black infinity... a darkness that is immortal" [citation:3]. Even the nearest stars are so impossibly far that their light barely touches the void between them [citation:5]. Everywhere we look, there is silence, emptiness, and an endless night that has stretched across the universe for billions of years. Yet in that darkness, there are pockets of light…
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