We´ve never known more about the universe than we do right now-and that´s precisely the problem. Every significant astronomical discovery of the past 50 years-afterglow from the big bang, evidence of dark matter, planets circling distant stars, just to name a few-has helped to create an ever-larger and more perplexing set of cosmic questions: Is there life on those faraway planets? How did the first stars form after the big bang?
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