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“The stars begin to fade like guttering candles and are snuffed out one by one. Out in the depths of space the great celestial cities, the galaxies cluttered with the memorabilia of ages, are gradually dying. Tens of billions of years pass in the growing darkness ... of a universe condemned to become a galactic graveyard.”

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Edward Robert Harrison

Edward Robert Harrison, born on January 8, 1919 and passed away on January 29, 2007, was an outstanding astronomer. He made significant contributions to astrophysics, particularly in the fields of stellar evolution, black holes, and cosmology. more

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