VILLANOVA, Pennsylvania, June 8 -- Villanova University issued the following news release:

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As the Search for the Universe's Mysteries Expands, One Villanova Astronomer Turns Homeward

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We live in an age where technology allows astronomers to observe objects at nearly incomprehensible distances from Earth. Distances so far, the time it takes their light to travel to our instruments is as old as the ever-expanding universe itself.