Blog Post 13: Unafraid of the Dark

Blog Post 13:

In this final episode of the Blog series, Neil DeGrasse Tyson discusses how far humanity has been set back in the past due to events such as the destruction of the library of Alexandria and the crusades, which lead to a mass genocide of intellectual scholars. Tyson also discusses the interstellar journey of two voyage probes and their importance in the discovery of new planets and mapping out our universe. Tyson also discusses the discovery of Cosmic Rays by Victor Hess and how these discoveries can help map out future movement of galaxies.

I really enjoyed this episode, mainly due to its ending in which Neil DeGrasse Tyson emphasizes Carl Sagan’s message about the vastness of our Universe and how that we as a species must continue to make new discoveries every day and continue to research the Cosmos. Overall this was an extremely interesting series which summarized how we came to be in the Cosmos and our inevitable fate if we do not continue our scientific discoveries.