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At every level in our inventory, nothing seems special about our Earth, our Sun, our Galaxy, our Local Group. Evidently, mediocrity reigns throughout. Such is our niche in the Universe.

Eric Chaisson

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Eric Chaisson
Age: 78
Born: 1946
Born: October 26
Astrophysicist
Science Writer
East Chelmsford
Massachusetts
Eric J. Chaisson
Eric Joseph Chaisson
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