"The Universe is populated by innumerable suns, innumerable……" — Robert Jastrow
"The Universe is populated by innumerable suns, innumerable earths, and perhaps, innumerable forms of life. That thought expresses the essence of the Copernican revolution. No revelation more striking has ever come from the scientific mind."
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