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Observations with the instrument SPHERE at ESO's Very Large Telescope have produced an unprecedented gallery of "debris disks ...

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Nearly 4.5 million years ago, two large, hot stars brushed tantalizingly close to Earth's sun. They left behind a trace in ...

The UK Planning Inspectorate (PINS) announced government approval for a 190MW ground-mounted solar PV plant in North ...

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