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Universe

Stories, perspectives and useful ideas gathered around this theme.

The Hidden 95 Percent of the Universe

Adapted from a Facebook reflection by Maina P Kiromo. If we put together everything that we can see, touch, feel, smell or interact with in our universe, it would only occupy a tiny 5 percent of our universe. 95 percent of our universe is made of stuff that we can't see or touch. We d…

Dark Matter and Dark Energy, Simply Explained

Adapted from a Facebook reflection by Maina P Kiromo. DARK MATTER AND DARK ENERGY: What is Dark Matter and Dark Energy and why are they important. To answer this I will pose two questions: 1. What holds Galaxies together? 2. Is the Universe expanding or static? Answer: 1. The trillions of…

The Firmament and the Mystery Above

Adapted from a Facebook reflection by Maina P Kiromo. In The Bible (right from the beginning) this is said Genesis 1:6–8 And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters. And God made the firmament, and divided the waters whic…

Are We Alone in the Universe?

Adapted from a Facebook reflection by Maina P Kiromo. The more I know, the more am convinced that we may be alone in our Universe after all: the more am convinced that aliens are a hoax. But am also tending towards a belief that there is more than one Universe. The secrets that the other …

Artemis II and the Hidden Side of the Moon

Adapted from a Facebook reflection by Maina P Kiromo. Excitement: The Artemis II crew is at this moment flying by the dark side of the Moon ( No human being has ever seen that side). The excitement is not because we expect it to look significantly different from the side that we are famil…

Why Humanity May Never Reach the Stars

Adapted from a Facebook reflection by Maina P Kiromo. Humanity has gone to the moon. Humanity has sent probes to the Sun and explored all planets in our solar system and beyond. But Humanity will NEVER reach the Stars (well, except the Sun). There are an estimated 400 billion stars in our…

Nancy Grace Roman and the Universe We Have Not Seen

Adapted from a Facebook reflection by Maina P Kiromo. NANCY GRACE ROMAN In the next few months we expect this telescope to begin transmitting images of the Universe as we have never seen it before. We also expect it to finally begin helping humanity understand dark matter. By December 202…

The Ariel School Alien Story and Collective Imagination

Adapted from a Facebook reflection by Maina P Kiromo. In 1994, about 60 Children of Ariel School in Ruwa Zimbabwe said they had seen beings that were not of this World. They said the beings visited them in a vessel that did not look like anything they had seen before. They were dark and h…