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Is There a Center of the Universe?

Season 53 | 5m 56s

Is Earth the center of the universe? Is there a center of the universe at all? Physics relies on the idea that there isn’t – but some strange evidence that suggests our place in the cosmos may not be as ordinary as we thought.

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