A New Earth

The European Organisation 
for Astronomical Research in the Southern Hemisphere reports that: “Astronomers have discovered the most Earth-like planet outside our Solar System to date...and capable of having liquid water...it orbits a red dwarf... [There’s] also strong evidence for the presence of a third planet”

The implications are immense. As Xavier Delfosse, one of astronomers, states: “On the treasure map of the universe, one would be tempted to mark this planet with an X”. What a profound insight wrapped in such apt whimsy. This reminds me somehow of that beautiful hadith; I was a hidden treasure longing to be known.

Over fifty years ago, Henri Corbin suggested "that the most astounding information of modern science regarding the physical universe remains inferior to [the Imagination].” Yet, some of Lene Hau’s fellow scientists discouraged her from trying her ultimately successful experiments desribed in the previous post, saying they couldn’t be done. Imagination liberates vision, and gives hope a map to steer by.