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New research from two UCLA professors with support from the Simons Foundation’s Math + X program opens the door to revolutionary advances — with already proven results.
Now, thanks to a decade of observations by the Hubble Space Telescope, we have a chance to see Andromeda as never before. Early this year, NASA released a stunning mosaic that provides the sharpest and most detailed view of the great spiral galaxy.
Observations of a baby star may show the earliest stages of planet formation that astronomers have ever seen.