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The circumgalactic medium, a vast gaseous halo surrounding galaxies, could be crucial to the evolution of star-forming ...

A team led by researchers at the University of Tokyo has created a dataset of the whole atmosphere, enabling new research to ...

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Alinda is one of the five largest near-Earth asteroids, coming closer than 9.3 million miles until the year 2200.