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Since JWST’s launch four years ago, some mind-bl
When Yerkes Observatory opened in Wisconsin in 1897, it was a wonder. Alongside the great one-metre (40-inch) telescope – the largest refractor ever built – the lavish facilities included the novelty
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HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE, 22 DECEMBER 2025 Spiral galaxies MCG-02-05-050 (right) and -050a (left) are together known as Arp 4. That means they feature in Halton Arp's Atlas of Peculiar Galaxies, compile
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The future of Greenland has dominated the headlines in recent weeks, but increasingly the real action, both commercially and militarily, is taking place hundreds, even hundreds of thousands of miles a
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