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A pair of comets partially melt as they collide in an inset image, lower right, with the system’s young star and accretion disk in the background.
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Thomas Müller (MPIA/HdA)
Scientist imagine the scene when two comets collided in the Fomalhaut system, only 25 light years from Earth.

Astronomers discover huge dust clouds from violent collisions around nearby star

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Riparian community woodlands along the lower Tuolumne River near Merced, California. The dry grassland in the background indicates the semi-arid conditions and drought environment.

Biodiversity Imperiled

Subterranean Investigations

Making Waves

Hippos and Anthrax
Scuba divers work on a cage

The Long View

A Frozen Leap Forward

Mapping a Successful Recovery

Prized Protection

‘A New Era of Computing’
Kristin Morell

An Academic Role Model

Starting Local

Solving the Peroxisome Puzzle
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