The Art of the Universe

When you look at the stars and the galaxy, you feel that you are not just from any particular piece of land, but from the solar system.

— Kalpana Chawla

 

The Solar System is where we live. It is mind-bogglingly vast, and it's still not anywhere near as large as our galaxy, let alone the Universe. But that's okay, because we are slowly learning more about it every day. Probes and automated spacecraft such as the Voyager missions and the Curiosity rover on Mars give us new information about planets every day, and with other projects like Gaia and NEOWISE, we can learn more about the star system we call home.