Many Different Planets Are Many Different Distances

But, As Einstein Once Said, “for We Convinced Physicists, The Distinction Between Past, Present, And Future Is Only An Illusion, However Persistent.”5

I Have Long Thought That Anyone Who Does Not Regularly - Or Ever - Gaze Up And See The Wonder And Glory Of A Dark Night Sky Filled With Countless Stars Loses A Sense Of Their Fundamental Connectedness To The Universe.

The Main Challenge That Television Presents Is That I Have A Tendency To Say Things With A Great Deal Of Precision And Accuracy. Often A Description Of That Sort, Which Will Work In A Book Because People Can Read It Slowly - They Can Turn The Pages Back And So On - Doesn't Really Work On Tv Because It Interrupts The Flow Of The Moving Image.

So Many Galaxies, So Many Planets Out There In The Universe Circling So Many Stars... It Just Feels Like There's A Very Good Chance That There Is Another Earth-like Planet Out There That Is Able To Support Some Kind Of Life Similar To What We're Familiar With.

String Theory Has The Potential To Show That All Of The Wondrous Happenings In The Universe - From The Frantic Dance Of Subatomic Quarks To The Stately Waltz Of Orbiting Binary Stars; From The Primordial Fireball Of The Big Bang To The Majestic Swirl Of Heavenly Galaxies - Are Reflections Of One, Grand Physical Principle, One Master Equation.