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Scientists Can Now Watch Planets Being Born Around Alien Stars

Huffington Post UK | Michael Rundle | Posted 12.05.2013 | UK Tech
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The world's most powerful radio telescope will let scientists watch planets as they are being born around alien stars, astronomers have said ahead of ...

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PICS: How Massive Alien Worlds 'Feed' Newborn Stars

Huffington Post UK | Michael Rundle | Posted 04.03.2013 | UK Tech
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A stunning picture of the birth of a gas giant planet has been revealed by astronomers studying the formation of newborn stars. The insight demonst...

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Strange Spiral Orbiting Giant Red Star 'May Be Last Thing Humans See'

Huffington Post UK | Michael Rundle | Posted 11.12.2012 | UK Tech
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An incredible photo of a pulsing, dying red star has revealed strange 3D 'spirals' around its centre. The scientists at the Atacama Large Millimete...

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Nostalgia for the Light

Matt Carr | Posted 27.10.2012 | UK Entertainment
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Matt Carr

On a rainy Bank Holiday evening yesterday, we drove through the last murky dregs of the-summer-that-never-was to Sheffield to see the Chilean director Patrizio Guzmán's wonderful Nostalgia for the Light (Nostalgia de la Luz).

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