Where do we live? The standard answer is: on a certain street, in a particular town, state, country, and continent- but a more fundamental answer is: in a specific solar system, in a galaxy among innumerable galaxies. Cosmic Questions scrutinizes the cosmos for clues to our ‘residence, ’ our human identity, and the realities of Earth. In both stars and atoms, Ken Lauter finds endless awe and a unique perspective on humanity- one perhaps not comforting in any simple way, but providing fierce poetic energy. As he says in his introduction, I could go on writing star poems for the rest of my life.