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Mengyuan Xiao, a postdoctoral researcher at the Observatory of the University of Geneva (UNIGE), is one of four recipients of the Swiss L’Oréal–UNESCO For Women in Science 2025 Award, which recognizes ...
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Richard Livitski Seal Beach, California One would think that this excellent question would be easy to answer: A bucket full of "deep space" would contain essentially nothing - and, well, there you are ...