WHAT?
As an 18 year old there are countless things I’m interested in, ranging from academic topics such as Math, to more childish and playful interests such as playing Super Smash Bros on a Nintendo N64. However, a passion I have always retained is my interest in astronomy and cosmology. This involves casually stopping to think about what exists outside this dot on our galaxy we call a planet and the incredible amounts of creation and destruction happening at all over the universe in the timespan of a heartbeat. Everything from black holes to wormholes, from aliens to anti matter and from the universe to multiverses have always grabbed my immediate attention. This passion doesn’t exist as a pure physics standpoint, but more of a philosophical one where I sit and think about what exists out there and what other tricks creation has up its sleeve.
SO WHAT?
I deeply feel like not many people give much consideration to what exists beyond the blue skies and white clouds they see every day; that they think space is just a bunch of pretty stars that makes for nice pictures. A decent understanding or thirst to comprehend the mechanics and functions that take place outside this solar system is something I hope more people would gain instead of settling for just what we can see around us right now. I discovered this passion as a little kid watching Saturday morning “Transformers” shows on the TV. I grew to realize that it wasn’t the action and cars that interested me, but it was the idea that beings like this could possible exist outside our planet. That commenced my journey to sate my hunger for the unknown. I began by watching TV shows such as “Star Trek: The Next Generation” and then evolved to more complex shows such as “Through the Wormhole with Morgan Freeman” and “Cosmos: A Space Odyssey”. I read books, articles and magazines and delved into theories of dark matter, wormholes and parallel dimensions. My enthusiasm, much like the universe we live in, was stretching infinitely. The very idea of an ever expanding universe complete with new thoughts and manifestations completely unknown to us enthralled me as I am naturally an extremely curious person. The fact that there could be so many variations of basic laws of relativity and physics in different dimensions is an thought to consider.
NOW WHAT?
To satisfy this passion, I have begun reading articles from science magazines and watching increasing numbers of documentaries. Right now, I am extremely curious as to where all my casual research will take me. As an engineering student, I hope that one day my passions of math, physics and the infinite cosmos will take me to places such as to a career that is an amalgamation of the three. Even if my career doesn’t focus on space, the endless theories of the universe around me will always be a deep rooted interest of mine. I am confident my hunger for the unknown will not rest easily so I will continue to research more and more, all the while fully aware that nobody on this planet truly knows what is out there
As an 18 year old there are countless things I’m interested in, ranging from academic topics such as Math, to more childish and playful interests such as playing Super Smash Bros on a Nintendo N64. However, a passion I have always retained is my interest in astronomy and cosmology. This involves casually stopping to think about what exists outside this dot on our galaxy we call a planet and the incredible amounts of creation and destruction happening at all over the universe in the timespan of a heartbeat. Everything from black holes to wormholes, from aliens to anti matter and from the universe to multiverses have always grabbed my immediate attention. This passion doesn’t exist as a pure physics standpoint, but more of a philosophical one where I sit and think about what exists out there and what other tricks creation has up its sleeve.
SO WHAT?
I deeply feel like not many people give much consideration to what exists beyond the blue skies and white clouds they see every day; that they think space is just a bunch of pretty stars that makes for nice pictures. A decent understanding or thirst to comprehend the mechanics and functions that take place outside this solar system is something I hope more people would gain instead of settling for just what we can see around us right now. I discovered this passion as a little kid watching Saturday morning “Transformers” shows on the TV. I grew to realize that it wasn’t the action and cars that interested me, but it was the idea that beings like this could possible exist outside our planet. That commenced my journey to sate my hunger for the unknown. I began by watching TV shows such as “Star Trek: The Next Generation” and then evolved to more complex shows such as “Through the Wormhole with Morgan Freeman” and “Cosmos: A Space Odyssey”. I read books, articles and magazines and delved into theories of dark matter, wormholes and parallel dimensions. My enthusiasm, much like the universe we live in, was stretching infinitely. The very idea of an ever expanding universe complete with new thoughts and manifestations completely unknown to us enthralled me as I am naturally an extremely curious person. The fact that there could be so many variations of basic laws of relativity and physics in different dimensions is an thought to consider.
NOW WHAT?
To satisfy this passion, I have begun reading articles from science magazines and watching increasing numbers of documentaries. Right now, I am extremely curious as to where all my casual research will take me. As an engineering student, I hope that one day my passions of math, physics and the infinite cosmos will take me to places such as to a career that is an amalgamation of the three. Even if my career doesn’t focus on space, the endless theories of the universe around me will always be a deep rooted interest of mine. I am confident my hunger for the unknown will not rest easily so I will continue to research more and more, all the while fully aware that nobody on this planet truly knows what is out there