IN_FINITE. Living with Death.

IN_FINITE
LIVING
WITH
DEATH
If we tell the story of the universe within a timespan of
twenty-four hours, Homo sapiens appears only in the final
second. According to scientific calculations, the universe
is 13.8 billion years old. The first traces of life in the form of
bacteria-like single-celled organisms date back approximately
3.8 billion years. Homo sapiens has been verifiably
living on Earth for some 300,000 years.
pp. 2–3
Star cluster Westerlund 2
(image taken with the Hubble Space Telescope)
The star cluster is located in the Milky Way and is
approximately 20,000 light years away from Earth.
Its estimated age is one to two million years.
pp. 4–5
Cirrus Nebula
(image taken with the Hubble Space Telescope)
The Veil Nebula is approximately 2,100 light years away from
Earth and is one of the best-known remnants of a supernova.
This occurred when a star exploded some 8,000 years ago.
pp. 6–7
The centre of the Milky Way glowing in dust
(image taken with the Spitzer Space Telescope)
The Milky Way is our home galaxy, within which the solar
system containing Earth is located. It consists of hundreds of
billions of stars and is approximately 13.6 billion years old.
pp. 8–9
Earthrise
Earth, the place of origin and home of all living creatures
known to date, was formed approximately 4.6 billion years
ago. The photograph was taken from the Apollo 8 spacecraft
in 1968.