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Stars form in massive clouds of gas called molecular clouds. As they form, they accrete gas from these clouds, and as the ...

The search for aliens has led astronomers to scour the farthest reaches of the cosmos for signs of life. But a new study suggests that we might not need to look so far from home. According to NASA ...

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Using the JWST, an international team featuring UNIGE scientists has detected enormous clouds of helium streaming away from ...

If you’ve seen any of the “Ice Age” animated Disney movies, we have some bad news: You don’t know the real ice age.