Astrovision -

There, bleeding across twelve monitors in false color and real light, was the Carina Nebula — but not as Hubble had seen it. This was sharper. Living. Pillars of dust curled like fingers unclenching. Newborn stars didn't just twinkle; they breathed , their fusion hearts pulsing in time-lapse slow enough to watch evolution happen.

At 04:17 GMT, the array blinked online.

The director leaned forward. "Magnify."

For ten thousand years, humanity had looked up and asked, "Are we alone?" astrovision