I've been catching up a little on some
Bad Astronomy while I wait for sucktastic Open Office to apply a filter (for some reason it's really slow on Ubuntu 10.04, compared to a Windows VM running on the same system). [Just checked, it's still working.] And I found two posts that just make my heart swell:
Image credits: NASA, ESA, and the Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA)
With the second one, I recommend you take a moment to download the full image (huge, 60MB), and look at it on the largest monitor you have.
Look at how breathtakingly vast and complex the universe is, and every point of light could have planets with people looking up and wondering the same thing.
I think I have something in my eye.