A new academic year means new friends, new woes, new experiences and a new Team Stellaeidoscope! This year, we hope to really live it up, with all the lights on and all (metaphorical ones, of course – the environment is at stake).In light of the 50th Anniversary of the Moon Landing (and partly because we’re big nerds, also at the suggestion of Zenia, our friend and Stellaeidoscope veteran, whom we love very much), the first issue is themed ‘Space’. We’ve got a variety of articles to enjoy — about astronomy, astrology, the different interpretations of the word ‘space’ itself — and a collection of poetry from our budding poet contributors.
In “Celestial Wonders” class, we were discussing various geographical features of the moon when our friend (and yet another Stellaeidoscope veteran — the friendships you make here really do stick) Radha said, wonderingly, that it was beautiful how much mythology concerned itself with space, and how human it was of us to see ourselves and tell our stories through celestial bodies that are millions of light years away from us. We hope this edition lives up to that concept; it is very much space-themed, but it is also very much about us.So with this issue in hand, find a comfortable space, kick back and get ready to think about Life, the Universe and Everything — or, at the very least, enjoy the collection of space memes. We hope you find something in this issue that resonates with you, that you see something that makes you smile or feel warm inside, or that you see something that makes you feel something new. On that note, we want to say hello and thank you to all our new contributors and readers, and give a big virtual welcome-back hug to the ones that have stayed with Stellaeidoscope through the ups and downs of past academic years. Thank you for being a part of this journey, and we hope you enjoy it as much as we’re doing right now.
Astronauts, are you ready? Float right in.