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The young star Eta Carinae shines prominently in the skies of the southern hemisphere. Although…
Researchers at the Yale School of Public Health have discovered a mathematical relationship that sheds…
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A swirling, oval white cloud in Jupiter’s South South Temperate Belt is captured in this…
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FORS2, an instrument mounted on ESO’s Very Large Telescope, has observed the active star-forming region…