You know that old soap opera called As the World Turns ? The title suggested something about how time marches forward and our lives go on with it and there's nothing you can do but deal with it. You can't stop your second cousin -- who actually turns out to be your mother, even though she is barren which is why she kidnapped your real mothers only child who you who would think would be you but actually turns out to be your biological father, from marrying the man who cast a demon on you and then fell in love with the demon, any more than you can stop the Earth from turning. But I am here to tell you that we should change the name of that soap opera to As the Universe Explodes . Because if you thought human lives were dramatic and that the rest of the universe might as well be Walden Pond, well, sir, you are mistaken. Things are dramatic out there. Scientists using data from the Gemini Telescope have found a galactic nursery ready to churn out new stars at a striking rate for
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