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Have you ever looked up on a clear night at the stars and noticed that some of them seemed to twinkle or dance? This twinkling is due to the Earth’s atmosphere. When light reaches Earth from a star, ...

Dr Rudi Kuhn does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their ...

Lots of us are familiar with pictures of the planet Saturn and its unmistakable ring. In fact, Saturn doesn’t have just one ring – if you look through a telescope, you will see that Saturn actually ...

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