Sky Matters: Astronomy's unique perspective to ease Covid-19 worries

All of us are understandably concerned about Covid-19. Astronomy can offer a rather unique perspective that may help assuage some worries, writes Niall Smith.

Our exploration of the universe tells us that Covid-19 is an organism like all organisms in one key aspect – it has no option but to obey scientific laws that are the same across the entire universe. There is nothing about its behaviour that we cannot ultimately understand and modify to protect ourselves.