Dr. Dan Peluso
Astronomer, Educator, Musician, & Singer-Songwriter.
Dan exploring our Milky Way Galaxy near the peak of Mauna Kea in Hawaii (2024).
“I am deeply inspired to share the cosmic perspective with the world in my work as an astronomer, educator, artist, musician, and singer-songwriter.”
Dan (center right on keys/vocals with white shirt) performing with his former band, Falling Andes, headlining a show at Stage AE in Pittsburgh, PA.
In this image taken on 19 July 2013, the wide-angle camera on the Cassini spacecraft captured Saturn’s rings and our planet Earth in the same frame. Here, Earth is seen from 1.44 billion km away and appears as a blue dot at center right. The other bright dots nearby are stars.
This is the third time ever that Earth has been imaged from the outer Solar System. The first image was taken by NASA’s Voyager-1 on Valentine’s Day in 1990 and famously titled “Pale Blue Dot”. Read Carl Sagan’s beautiful words reflecting on the original picture here or watch an inspiring video here to hear him speak these famous words.
“For me, the most ironic token of [the first human moon landing] is the plaque signed by President Richard M. Nixon that Apollo 11 took to the moon. It reads: “We came in peace for all Mankind.” As the United States was dropping 7 ½ megatons of conventional explosives on small nations in Southeast Asia, we congratulated ourselves on our humanity. We would harm no one on a lifeless rock.”
“Knowledge speaks, but wisdom listens."
-Jimi Hendrix
“What you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make."
-Jane Goodall
