Today was a nationwide event called “Nacht der Sterne” (Night of stars). Observatories and museums were open till late night. I went to the German Museum Bonn, which is only a few hundred meters away from my flat to listen to three different talks. The first one was about the mars mission and the geolocial aspects of it. The speaker presented some interesting insight into the latest findings and the existance of water on mars. The interesting fact was that they found traces of water where they did not expect them and they did not find traces where they had predicted them. It amazes me, that we are able to send probes millions of kilometers away from earth and learn about the history of the universe and planets. The second talk was about the dark side of the universe. I have to admit that I hardly understood something from this talk. But I good a better understanding of how people have to feel if geeks meet and talk about computer stuff. The last talk was about the existance of extraterrestrial life, like what factors have to be present so that life can exist, the probability of life on other planets in our universe and so on. It was quite interesting and I stayed till 0:30am. Felt brave and took the shortcut back through the cemetry. Quite scary when it is completely dark and I suddenly heard a dripping noise. Realized that it had started to rain and consequently walked faster.