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greiner3

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1. "...5.7 billion light years from Earth..."

Reply to Eugene (Original post)

Thu Aug 16, 2012, 03:13 PM

Aug 2012

Is the same as 5.7 billions YEARS AGO. We are seeing this cluster just prior to the moment when OUR solar system formed, 5.7 billion light years from Earth, according to astrophysicists.

What type, extent and advancement of the civilizations permeating this cluster must be!

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