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"Whether we're born in San Francisco or Sudan or close to the heart of the Milky Way Galaxy, we are the products of a billion-year lineage of wandering stardust.  We, all of us, are what happens when a primordial mixture of hydrogen and helium evolves for so long that it begins to ask where it came from."     -- Jill Tarter --

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Last evening I came across this article and forwarded it to a number of friends and listserves.  For those of a geekier mind, here's a link to the full abstract.  I wasn't really expecting a response, but I got one that made me think.

And it seemed to be as good as any for a first post. (yay!)

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