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  1. Astronomy

    Dusty Disks May Reveal Hidden Worlds

    Images of gaps, rings, arcs, warps, and clumps in disks of dusty debris surrounding nearby stars are providing new clues about the nature of planets that lie beyond the solar system.

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  2. From the April 30, 1932, issue

    SPIRAL NEBULA IN ANDROMEDA BORDERED WITH STAR CLUSTERS Tiny flecks of hazy light around the borders of one of the most famous of the spiral nebulae, the one in the constellation Andromeda, are now believed to be great globular clusters of stars–literally swarms of suns crowded like clouds of gnats that hang over the marshes […]

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  3. Physics

    Fluid Beauty

    Visualizations of a swirling jet, an insect’s wake, agitated sand, and other types of fluid motion can produce stunning images.