Astronomy has gotten much better at promoting itself than it did in the past. Hubble helped; painting up all those pale objects in gorgeous colors, for example.

Astronomy has gotten much better at promoting itself than it did in the past. Hubble helped; painting up all those pale objects in gorgeous colors, for example. (For shame!) Most advances in modern physics are about invisible objects. Most people? given a choice between seeing the fireworks, or seeing an equation explaining how they work?