You Have To Know The Past To

Is Mankind Alone In The Universe? Or Are There Somewhere Other Intelligent Beings Looking Up Into Their Night Sky From Very Different Worlds And Asking The Same Kind Of Question?

For A Long Time The Human Instinct To Understand Was Thwarted By Facile Religious Explanations.

Every Star May Be A Sun To Someone.

Science Is Based On Experiment, On A Willingness To Challenge Old Dogma, On An Openness To See The Universe As It Really Is. Accordingly, Science Sometimes Requires Courage - At The Very Least The Courage To Question The Conventional Wisdom.

The Universe Seems Neither Benign Nor Hostile, Merely Indifferent.