Ever gazed up into the sky at night and got mesmerized by the quiet twinkle of the stars or by the thrill of seeing them fly across the sky? In a dark place on a clear night, with your unaided eyes, you can see about 3000 stars. From Singapore, probably only a handful are visible since the streets are chockfull of light pollution.

Each civilization has had its own legends about figures in the sky. In fact, many of the constellation names we use today come from the ancient Greeks, and these constellations can be found all over the northern hemisphere. As the Earth rotates, the stars appear to move across the sky. Over a few hours, the appearance of the sky changes drastically. And from season to season, different stars become visible.

Today, the International Astronomical Union has divided the entire sky into exactly 88 constellations. NASA spends billions of dollars on countless space expeditions with no tangible reward. Their saving grace is probably these photos from the Hubble telescope:

Star-Birth Clouds in M16: Stellar "Eggs" Emerge from Molecular Cloud

The Cat's Eye Nebula

Hubble's Latest Views of Light Echo from Star V838 Monocerotis

Interacting Spiral Galaxies NGC 2207 and IC 2163

Hubble Images Chronicle the Inner Ring's Light Show

With all this fascination with the skies above, it comes as a surprise to me that God accounts for them with just a little footnote in Genesis 1:16 which says “He also made the stars”. How absolutely cool is that?