The Answer To Life, The Universe — And Everything? It’s 63

This view of a stellar nursery taken by the Very Large Telescope on May 23, 2013,  also shows a group of thick clouds of dust known as the Thackeray globules silhouetted against the pale pink glowing gas of the nebula.

Over time, the expansion of the cosmos and the passage of light has unlocked 63 orders of magnitude to us, each one a new opportunity for novelty and complexity, says guest blogger Caleb Scharf.

(Image credit: ESO)