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A colossal census of the cosmos has more than tripled the number of active black ... a project at the Mayall Telescope in Arizona to create a mammoth 3-D map of the universe. In its first year alone, ...

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Written by the former chief historian of NASA, the book examines the evolution of our cosmic understanding—from early civilizations to the present day ...

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