Title: The gates of heaven
First published: 1980
Description: From back cover:

SIGNAL FROM EDEN

At Project Cyclops, a room filled with scientists and military personnel is plunged into stunned silence.  Above the crackling static coming from the star Tau Ceti, they hear a voice.  A human voice.

THE GATES OF HEAVEN

To an the signal from the reaches of the universe unknown, an expedition embarks on a journey across warped dimensions of time and space...  Through a Black Hole in the cosmic vastness... To a paradise dying on the other side.
Subjects: American Science fiction