When we look up at night and view the stars, everything we see is shin…

Carl Sagan
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When we look up at night and view the stars, everything we see is shinning because of distant nuclear fusion. ✨ Carl Sagan (2011). Cosmos, p.249, Ballantine Books
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When we look up at night and view the stars, everything we see is shinning because of distant nuclear fusion. ✨ Carl Sagan (2011). Cosmos, p.249, Ballantine Books

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