Picture of the Day: A Close-Up View of a Faraway Galaxy
NASA's Hubble Telescope captures Centaurus A, an elliptical galaxy more than 11 million light years away. More »
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Rebecca J. Rosen is a senior associate editor at The Atlantic. She was previously an associate editor at The Wilson Quarterly, where she spearheaded the magazine's In Essence section.
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