Monday, September 08, 2008

discovery

last weekend, my husband and i took our two kids to the sm science discovery center at mall of asia (moa). our ticket included a chance to watch a show in their planetarium. the last time i've been to a planetarium was when i was still in elementary! so secretly, i was really keen on seeing the universe again.

and once again i wasn't disappointed (although, the center itself lacked a kind of inspiration, some kind of magic...anyway...). the show was entitled, "the search for life", narrated by harrison ford, and produced by NASA. it didn't really show all of the planets of the solar system because the theme is about man's search for life...for other living creatures in the vastness of the universe.

once again i felt small. humbled by the immensity of the universe we live in. we have come a long way in terms of science, but in the words of mr. ford, "we have barely scratched the surface". there trillions of stars and planets in the universe, the Milky Way itself is already composed of billions of it, so what are the odds of those planets having life, probably a lot. but he also said that there might never be another planet like ours.