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If we want to unlock the secret behind the origin of our sun and its planets, it would be helpful to find some remnants from the birth itself, an event that took place about four-and-a-half-billion years ago.
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Neil deGrasse Tyson
Age: 66
Born: 1958
Born: October 5
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