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One ­niverse, One Life: A Conjecture


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Super-Earths

An artist's impression of a trio of super-Earths discovered with the ESO's 3.6-m telescope at La Silla, Chile.

Credit: ESO

Opening Disclaimer 1: Although there may be more than one universe, as per the hypothetical multiverse, we will humbly submit to our own bubble of information, the sphere with a radius equal to the distance light has traveled since the beginning of time some 13.8 billion years ago. Factoring in the expansion of the universe, this radius is about 46 billion light years.

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