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Neil deGrasse Tyson Quotes: To believe in a universe as young as 6 or 7,000 years old is to extinguish the light from most of the galaxy.
         

To believe in a universe as young as 6 or 7,000 years old is to extinguish the light from most of the galaxy.


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