Modern Loneliness

The stars you see at night are not transcendent objects made from aether as Aristotle believed: they are made from the same material as you. They are your distant relatives and when you die you will return to them. As our planet reaches its firey demise, your atoms will spread across the Universe and you will become part of another planet, perhaps even another living being. Maybe ancient humans who worshipped the stars chose their gods wisely.

- 'Elemental' by Tim James

In many ways it’s the ultimate question in natural science: How does our universe work? Is there a fundamental theory? An incredible amount has been figured out about physics over the past few hundred years. But even with everything that’s been done—and it’s very impressive—we still, after all this time, don’t have a truly fundamental theory of physics.

who even am i

sometimes we wonder what could have been

and live in our alternate reality

but would things really have been better?

The art of the cutaway, 1965-1975: illustrations by Davis Meltzer, Rick Guidice, Werner Büdeler, and Phil Santos.

how do you feel ab X Æ A-12

he(?) is going to be my best friend

i think i’m pluto

black and white : color :: color : emotion

why do we dwell on what could have been when the entire future is in our control

what’s the opposite of spaghettification

“A Black Hole Disrupts a Passing Star” Illustration Credit: NASA, JPL-Caltech