The Upside

Who’d have thought we’d get this close to galaxies far, far away?

Pictures beamed back to Earth by the James Webb Space Telescope have lit up my life like a fantastic Diwali celebration

28 August 2022 - 00:00

If you find that your sense of humour is drying up like the great Yangtze River, I have a resource for you. It is something I have been cultivating daily in my psychological armaments against complete and utter despair. No, not a daily meditation practice but practically as good as one. It is the James Webb Space Telescope...

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