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By Charles Q. Choi May 31, 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.

A new animation of Earth shows vegetation taking up and releasing carbon in sync with the seasons. Scientists onboard an icebreaker in Antarctica were blown away when they spied a trove of 60 million icefish nests dotting the floor of the Weddell Sea.

A telescope in Arizona modified to measure the true distance of galaxies has produced the largest three-dimensional map of the universe ever. A volunteer archaeologist discovered a stash of 41 "rainbow cup" Celtic coins dating to 2, years ago in Germany. Astronomers mapped 12 stellar streams, which could lead to the Milky Way's missing dark matter. A new study into the Local Bubble, a cosmic void surrounding Earth, has mapped out the star-forming regions on the bubble's surface and uncovered more information about its explosive birth.

It's difficult to predict what combination of traits such a variant might have. An enormous asteroid more massive than two Empire State Buildings will zoom harmlessly past Earth next week.

Look up! The U. Turkmenistan's president Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov ordered experts to close the 'Gates of Hell' - crater of burning natural gas in the Karakum desert. The heart from a genetically modified pig has been transplanted into a Maryland man in a last-ditch effort to save his life. A badger forced to scavenge for food by a snowstrom has uncovered a stash of Roman coins in a cave in Spain.