The universe is vast and deep, as if only the stars are shining alone in the endless darkness, as if countless unknown worlds exist quietly in the silence. Everyone has a question about the universe in their hearts: What is human beings in this boundless universe?
I once looked up at the starry sky on the rooftop, and my mind was filled with all kinds of confusion and desire, wanting to get some kind of inspiration from the brilliance of these stars. At that time, I was just a young man full of questions about the world. I couldn’t understand why the universe was so huge, and how we seemed so small in front of this huge universe. At that moment, the starlight seemed no longer so bright. It was just one of the countless existences in the universe, so far away that it seemed unreachable.
I tried to find the answer. By chance, I came across a book about the origin of the universe. The book mentioned the “Big Bang Theory”, the expansion of the universe, black holes, dark matter, and even the future technological progress of mankind. These seemingly complex knowledge aroused my strong interest. I can’t understand the complex mathematical formulas, but I can feel the profound philosophy contained in it.
When I look at the starry sky in the astronomical telescope, the collision of galaxies, the birth and death of stars, I seem to be on a grand stage. What I see is not only the starry sky visible to the naked eye, but every galaxy, every star, every piece of interstellar dust, and even those celestial bodies billions of light years away. They are running at a speed that we can’t imagine, heading towards a distant and terrifying end. Their movement seems to make everything insignificant.
However, in this vast universe, what can we humans on Earth do? Can we understand the operation of the universe? Can we really reach the depths of the universe? The answer does not seem so clear.
I remember a philosopher once said: Our human life may be like a meteor in the universe, short, brilliant, but extremely small. We chase the trajectory of time and strive to emit our own light, but all this is just a tiny fluctuation in the operation of the universe. In this boundless space, is our existence important enough? The vastness of the universe is self-evident, but it will never stop to stay for our existence. We may be the most insignificant existence in its eyes.
This makes me wonder, will the universe never end? Is human civilization destined to die at some point, while the universe continues? Time, its passage has never changed for any individual, and our life may be a tiny drop of water in this never-ending river of time, a bubble-like existence, and eventually disappear without a trace.
However, despite this, we continue to explore and strive to find the answer that belongs to us. Countless scientists are trying to crack the mysteries of the universe in an almost crazy manner. We launch probes, satellites, design quantum computers, and even begin to try to communicate with alien civilizations. Our technology continues to break through, as if everything is moving towards a brighter future.
But as we gradually understand the laws of the universe, we are also increasingly aware of the insignificance of our existence. No matter how powerful human wisdom and technology are, they still cannot find the answer in the face of the vastness of the universe. The depth of black holes, the mystery of dark matter, the origin and future of the universe, these questions seem to never be truly solved.
Whenever I sit quietly at night, alone, looking at the starry sky, I always think of these questions. Although these questions cannot be answered, I have found a kind of inexplicable tranquility in these unanswerable questions. This tranquility does not come from the understanding of the universe, but from the acceptance of our own existence. In this vast universe, each of our lives is short, but because of this, our existence is so precious.
We may not be able to understand every corner of the universe, but we can find our own meaning in our own lives. In the vastness of this universe, we are still valuable. Every star, every person, and every piece of history is part of the puzzle of this universe.
Perhaps, we are not the center of the universe, and we don’t have to care about our insignificance. We just need to live as meaningfully as possible in this short life, explore the unknown, experience the vastness and depth of life, and feel the warmth and indifference between people. Even if we eventually become a speck of dust in the universe, at least we have lived under this starry sky and stirred ripples in the torrent of this universe.
In the boundless universe, perhaps we are still that insignificant speck of dust, but it is precisely because of the existence of this speck of dust that the universe is full of possibilities. Aren’t we the speck of dust that can glow faintly in the silent universe?