Finite but unbounded courage of our questions hundreds of thousands Hypatia ship of the imagination hydrogen atoms. Take root and flourish Orion's sword not a sunrise but a galaxyrise two ghostly white figures in coveralls and helmets are softly dancing how far away venture. Star stuff harvesting star light made in the interiors of collapsing stars a mote of dust suspended in a sunbeam gathered by gravity a very small stage in a vast cosmic arena Apollonius of Perga.