[?] Our Place in the Universe

A near-infrared light image made by the James Webb Space Telescope of actively forming stars, known as Herbig-Haro 46/47, displayed an apparent question mark. Credit...NASA, ESA, CSA, Joseph DePasquale (STScI), Anton M. Koekemoer (STScI)

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Most of us have had an opportunity to gaze upward on a clear night to experience "billions and billions" of stars, and have perhaps been awe struck by the experience. But then follows the big question, "What is our place in the Universe?"

Perhaps the answer is found in the following quotes:

“You’re not in the universe, you are the universe.” –Eckhart Tolle

“The nitrogen in our DNA, the calcium in our teeth, the iron in our blood, the carbon in our apple pies were made in the interiors of collapsing stars. We are made of star stuff.” –Carl Sagan

“Each of us (all living creatures) is an instrument through which the universe becomes known, and without us, nothing exists.” -CPW

CPW (dedicated to Sandra & Mary Anne)