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Glow-Worms Can’t Find Their Spark Under Harsh Light Pollution
Nights on Earth are getting brighter with the spread of human light pollution, reducing humankind’s visibility of the cosmos. But the brightening night is also messing with glow-worms, spunky insects that rely on their luminous abdomens to procreate.
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Ancient Gas Clouds Spotted by Astronomers May Be Remnants of First Stars
Astronomers operating the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope think they’ve found three gas clouds that formed in the aftermath of the very first stars, when the Big Bang was still in the rear-view mirror.
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Astronomers May Have Spotted the Remnants of One of the Earliest Stars
A team of astronomers studying the gas surrounding a distant quasar believe it may carry remnants of one of the universe’s first stars.
