“You don’t pay much attention to astronomy.”
True. But I do look at the stars when I’m out using the hot tub at night! It’s amazing on a clear cold night to shut off all the lights in the house and sit in the water looking up at the stars. I never knew how beautiful the sky was until we moved away from the big city to the high country!
No kidding. On a good night, I can see the Milky Way. On many nights, I can watch satellites.
Michio Kaku is a professional astronomer, and does a good job presenting it to non-scientists. He's a nut on a couple of topics, but I'm inclined just to ignore him on them.