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1 Artist rendering of a quasar. Source: NASA/ESA/G.Bacon, STScI In Discover Magazine's September print issue, the article "To the Edge and Back" describes how a telescope as big as the world will give astronomers an extreme closeup when our galaxy's black hole lights up. The Global Telescope Network provides a citizen science opportunity to connect with the world's stargazers. Our universe is filled with curious phenomena. Flickering pulsars, giant gamma ray bubbles, dark energy and dark matter^1. These are just a few of the mysteries astrophysicists are trying to understand. If you have ever looked to the stars and wondered, the

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