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Astronomy

Watch this beautiful, high-resolution simulation of how stars are born

The STARFORGE simulation follows a giant gas cloud as it collapses into new stars, accounting for all the phenomena thought to influence the outcome.

Climate

‘Tree farts’ contribute about a fifth of greenhouse gases from ghost forests

Greenhouse gases from dead trees play an important role in the overall environmental impact of ghost forests, a new study suggests.

Space

China’s first Mars rover has landed and is sending its first pictures

The country just became the second nation, after the United States, to successfully land a rover on Mars. Its rover will search for subsurface ice.