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Astronomers have, for the first time, observed the very beginning of planet formation around a star beyond our Solar System. Using the James Webb Space Telescope and ALMA, researchers detected hot ...

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FROM roiling storms, rare comets and volcanic eruptions, there is lots to see aboard the International Space Station (ISS).