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Examine Our Place in the Universe

“Cosmos” comes from a Greek word for an orderly and systematic universe. In this eBook, we present the newest, most riveting discoveries about our cosmic home, from what we know of the origins of the universe and the cartography of space to the most bizarre phenomena and the search for life.

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