Outdoors I often seek answers in the wonders of a starry summer sky. It’s easy to do when you open the mind to the vastness of the universe and all that it holds. But as I sat on a rural mountaintop last week and watched a stunning comet hanging overhead, I was left with more questions than answers. Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS became visible in our evening sky about two weeks ago and has dazzled sky watchers, amateur astronomers and dreamers who share the mystic wonders found in a clear heavenly view. I was awed when realizing I was watching a tiny celestial object drifting through the night sky 44 million miles away. Hanging above was a visitor from the Oort cloud, a cluster of icy space debris far beyond our solar system. Only about 2 miles in diameter, Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS became visible as it neared the sun and its 18 million-mile-long ice and dust tail began to glow in the sunlight. And I was stunned when I learned that this object would journey through the heavens at 150,000 ...