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I kept getting closer and closer to the speed of light, but before I crossed even 2 million light years (I think), I was staring at the Big Bang. Then I remembered that the diameter of the observable universe is about 90 billion light years (give or take), and I realized that I’m not going to be able to reach one end anywhere. There’s nothing that makes everything seem so small and insignificant like astronomy.



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