From Cupid to the Pale Blue Dot:

Question 1: Which NASA spacecraft, from about 6 billion kilometers away in 1990, captured the photograph known as the “Pale Blue Dot,” showing Earth as a tiny speck in a scattered sunbeam?

Question 2: In classical mythology, what is the name of Cupid’s Greek counterpart—the god of desire whose image as a winged archer became a lasting symbol of romantic love?

Question 3: Which shimmering white-marble mausoleum in Agra was commissioned by the Mughal emperor Shah Jahan in memory of his wife Mumtaz Mahal, becoming a UNESCO World Heritage Site and a global symbol of enduring love?

Question 4: Which married scientific duo won the 1903 Nobel Prize in Physics for pioneering research on radioactivity, laying the groundwork for modern nuclear science and medicine?

Question 5: Whose recorded brain waves and other bodily signals—made while she reflected on human life and falling in love—were included on the Voyager Golden Record sent into interstellar space?


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