Explanation: Cosmic clouds of hydrogen gas and dust abound in this gorgeous skyscape, stretching through Monocerous in the neighborhood of The Cone Nebula.
But by most measures, we have more knowledge and more resources now than at any other point in history, and still injustice abounds and challenges persist.
As the 1980s dawned, not just the general public but scientists too were in thrall to the then dominant idea in both cinema and literature that life abounded beyond our planet.