On a cosmic scale, the odd meteorite shower is a fairly modest event.

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The idea of balancing some cosmic scale, of restoring the moral order to equilibrium, is deeply appealing.

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We can turn swords into ploughshares on a cosmic scale.

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But there is no cosmic scale to balance.

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Only the 318 in question, however, are close enough to the Milky Way for the predicted galactic speed limit not to have been imposed (300m light years may sound a long way, but it is a short hop on the cosmic scale).

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The ending is cosmic in scale, and also to a greater or lesser extent predetermined.

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The scale of "Slumdog Millionaire" is close to cosmic.

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Because the early universe is believed to have undergone a period of rapid inflation, features that were Planck-scale may have been magnified to the point where they are visible as blips in the cosmic microwave background, an electromagnetic echo of the Big Bang.

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