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If you have thought that the Earth is close to the sun in the summertime and that is why it is hotter this time of year, you ...

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Learn how a new discovery of a giant planet can help scientists refine their theories of how planets form.

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An international team, led by Instituto de Astrofísica e Ciências do Espaço (IA) researcher Ângela Santos, has made the first ...

When invisible dark matter spins, it may form clumps of "vortexes" that stretch across space, forming the cosmic web that ...

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