When we set our sights on the stars there is nothing withing physical laws that we cannot achieve if we have enough commitment, determination and skill. The successive missions to the Hubble telescope have expanded our vision of the universe our own pale blue dot. They have given us perspective.
By NASA FishOutofWater
When conservatives, corrupt politicians and people who have capitulated to fear say that we cannot afford health care for all, we cannot replace fossil fuels with renewable sources of energy, we cannot afford environmental regulations, do not believe them. They are naysayers who are afraid of change. Yes, we can do "the impossible".
By NASA FishOutofWater
While Hubble explores the universe, marine submersibles are illuminating a world never before seen in the deep ocean.
In the deep Atlantic
By NOAA FishOutofWater
At over 5000 ft deep we have discovered a "new" genus of Pacific coral.
By nOAA FishOutofWater
We have discovered a lost world inside of a New Guinea volcano.
By BBC FishOutofWater
World's largest true rat discovered inside New Guinea caldera.
By BBC FishOutofWater
We have looked so far out into space and back into time that the images we see of galaxies are lensed by the gravitational warping of space-time. Renewed Hubble has revealed details never seen before.
Galaxy clusters are the most massive structures of the universe, located at the crossing of the filaments of the cosmic web of dark matter. The most massive clusters can contain up to 1,000 galaxies and intergalactic hot gas, all held together primarily by the gravity of dark matter.
By NASA FishOutofWater
And the renewed Hubble Telescope has revealed the incredible mystery and beauty of distant galaxies.
By NASA FishOutofWater
All of these discoveries have happened since Barack Obama became president.
Don't tell me we can't have universal health care, renewable energy, green jobs, a growing economy and a healthy planet. We must have all of them together because they depend on each other.
Yes we can.
Yes we must.
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