JERUSALEM, Sept. 4 (Xinhua) -- A new study has found that most massive stars in the early universe formed as binary systems, meaning they were born in pairs, similar to the way many massive stars form ...

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A study published in Nature Astronomy on March 21 details for the first time the carbon footprint of astronomical research.

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