Is the Pale Blue Dot special?

Is the Pale Blue Dot special?

University of St Andrews
Sat 09 Jul 2016
16:30-19:30 (1 Hour)
_ Age Group: 14+
_ Venue: The Upper and Lower Church Galleries
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For the last 400 years, scientific discoveries have unseated humanity from the centre of the Universe, from Copernicus’ heresy that the Sun was at the centre of the Solar System, to finally culminating in the astonishing consequence of modern cosmology that the Universe actually does not have a centre. Yet we do not detect human-like creatures or technology in other star system. See whether St Andrews astronomer and astrobiologist Duncan Forgan can explain this.

This event accompanies the exhibition “Deep dark pale blue” by Florian Schwarz, open daily 11am – 6pm from 25 June to 17 July.