By looking far out into space we are also looking far back into time, …

Carl Sagan
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By looking far out into space we are also looking far back into time, back toward the horizon of the universe, back toward the epoch of the Big Bang. ✨ Carl Sagan (2011). Cosmos, p.287, Ballantine Books
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By looking far out into space we are also looking far back into time, back toward the horizon of the universe, back toward the epoch of the Big Bang. ✨ Carl Sagan (2011). Cosmos, p.287, Ballantine Books

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