It's hard to imagine anything more interesting than learning how we're woven into the enormous tapestry of existence. Where did our universe come from? How special is our world, and how special are we? We allocate tens of billions of dollars annually to NASA, NSF and academia in search of the answers.

We can never prove that we're alone in the universe. But the Allen Telescope Array could prove that we're not.

Sure, nobody will make a fortune if we figure out why the Big Bang happened. But just about everyone would like to know.

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