Cosmic Connections

By Harley White posted 04-28-2022 07:02

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ESA/Hubble & NASA, Dark Energy Survey, J. Dalcanton

Cosmic Connections

Do links in mind and the cosmos occur
in parallel fashion perhaps,
the ties that bind everywhere as it were,
within and out, whether litterateur
across a neuronal synapse,
or structures perceived by star connoisseur
in space-time continuum gaps?

While seemingly simple the link between
the duo in ARP eighty-six
galactically paired in dance routine
of pas de deux, by the Hubble scope seen,
who knows what further cosmic tricks
might be causing the twosome to convene
besides gravitation affix?

‘Imagination encircles the world’
were words of wisdom Einstein said,
envisioning somehow that space-time swirled
around massive rotating objects whirled
thus warping reaches nearby spread,
as relativity thesis unfurled
with gravity to force unwed.

And Einstein in intuition believed
along with inspiration’s sweep
such as in fantasies childhood retrieved
in ideas scientific conceived
from great creative sources deep
for progress evolving to be achieved,
plus crucialness of ample sleep.

A classic series TV I recall
had the title ‘The Twilight Zone’,
of quality scripts to ever enthrall,
and even at times to make one’s flesh crawl,
though all in black and white was shown,
for one never guessed what fate might befall,
indeed its equal I’ve not known.

The program arose from Rod Serling’s mind,
a man with inventiveness vast
who had deep affection for humankind.
On viewing anew those broadcasts I find
umpteen episodes that outlast
the plethora of fare we’re now consigned,
a genuine blast from the past.

Nostalgia aside, the universe too
could be more connected than thought,
as possibly some mysterious glue
is causing alignments celestial, through
embedding of huge structures wrought;
for galaxies far, far apart on cue
together in motion are brought

in some way or fashion unfathomed still,
since cause and effect circumvent
our grasp, for the fruits of our own free will
or whatever destiny to fulfill,
no matter how good the intent,
from lifetime ambition to fleeting thrill
or true enlightenment’s ascent.

On smaller scale Arp eighty-six was viewed
in gaze by the Hubble above
as part of a larger study pursued
for how the connections should be construed
among young stars and cold clouds of
the gases in which the stars have accrued,
as one of its labors of love.

‘We know not even one thousandth as yet,’
to paraphrase an Einstein quote,
‘of one percent of what great nature’s net
of clues has already revealed;’ so let
us learn a bit from what he wrote
and appetite for awakening whet,
on worldly stage where we devote

our little lives to the fates we beget,
recorded in ceaseless cosmic cassette
perchance ‘midst symphony remote
yet nigh, with strings fiddled at every fret,
with now and then a fluted note
from earthly mother’s sylvan throat
o’er river where we row our boat,
as in this bubble world we float,
seen faintly in sibylline silhouette
behind our sensorial parapet…

~ Harley White

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Some sources of information were the following…

“We still do not know one thousandth of one percent of what nature has revealed to us.”
~ Albert Einstein (1879-1955)

“I believe in intuition and inspiration. Imagination is more important than knowledge. For knowledge is limited, whereas imagination embraces the entire world, stimulating progress, giving birth to evolution. It is, strictly speaking, a real factor in scientific research.”
~ Albert Einstein

“When I examine myself and my methods of thought, I come to the conclusion that the gift of fantasy has meant more to me than my talent for absorbing positive knowledge. (Reading this makes me wonder how much sooner man could have walked on the moon... had we listened to a child’s fantasies. It is truly a pity that so many lose their gift of imagination to the steady hum of the status quo.)”
~ Albert Einstein

Albert Einstein Quotes About Imagination…
https://www.azquotes.com/author/4399-Albert_Einstein/tag/imagination

“You’re traveling through another dimension, a dimension not only of sight and sound but of mind ... a journey into a wondrous land whose boundaries are that of imagination—your next stop, the Twilight Zone!”
~ Rod Serling (1924 – 1975), ‘The Twilight Zone’, introduction

“No one could know Serling, or view or read his work, without recognizing his deep affection for humanity ... and his determination to enlarge our horizons by giving us a better understanding of ourselves.”
~ Gene Roddenberry (1921 – 1991) American television screenwriter, producer, and creator of Star Trek: The Original Series

The Twilight Zone (1959 TV series)…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Twilight_Zone_(1959_TV_series)

Is the universe controlled by gigantic structures? (The idea that celestial objects exist within utterly immense cosmic structures is becoming inescapable.)
https://bigthink.com/hard-science/large-scale-structures/

Image and info ~ Hubble Watches an Intergalactic Dance…
https://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/goddard/2021/hubble-watches-an-intergalactic-dance

Image and info ~ NGC 7752 and NGC 7753 (Wikipedia)…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NGC_7752_and_NGC_7753

Image explanation: This observation from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope showcases Arp 86, a peculiar pair of interacting galaxies which lies roughly 220 million light-years from Earth in the constellation Pegasus. Arp 86 is composed of the two galaxies NGC 7752 and NGC 7753 – NGC 7753 is the large spiral galaxy dominating this image, and NGC 7752 is its smaller companion. The diminutive companion galaxy almost appears attached to NGC 7753, and it is this peculiarity that has earned the designation “Arp 86” – signifying that the galaxy pair appears in the Atlas of Peculiar Galaxies compiled by the astronomer Halton Arp in 1966. The gravitational dance between the two galaxies will eventually result in NGC 7752 being tossed out into intergalactic space or entirely engulfed by its much larger neighbor.

Image credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA, Dark Energy Survey, J. Dalcanton

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