The Hubble Ultra-Deep Field image shows some of the most remote galaxies visible with present technology, each consisting of billions of stars (the image’s area of sky is very small – equivalent in size to one-tenth of a full moon)^[1]

Nick Hughes is a postdoctoral research fellow at University College Dublin. His essay, “Do we matter in the cosmos?” begins by placing humanity  in our true temporal and spatial perspective: Continue reading Do We Matter in the Cosmos? →