That afternoon, everyone. Good afternoon. Did i have the attention. Good afternoon. I like to welcome the launch of the session of the virginia session of the book on behalf of humanities. Our session is called mysteries of the cosmos could we have writers who publish recent books and most of you know the really exciting news in astronomy and physics. Can you hear me now . I think im about as close as i can get without swallowing it. Can you hear me now . I wont bother to start from the top again. You know what session we are in. We have two exciting Science Writers for you. Before we get started a couple of questions. I am a novelist and a recovering science journalists and i will be your host for the session today. Before we get started i would like to thank the city of charlottesville for sponsoring the fast close quote and provided the venue for todays session. This is being recorded for broadcast on charlottesville tv time. It will be on tv 10 on the website within the next few da