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Chinese astronomers have conducted an asteroseismology study of a newly discovered pulsating white dwarf designated WFST ...

Moving cannabis to a category of drugs that includes some common medicines will have implications for research, businesses and patients. By Jan Hoffman President Trump on Thursday ordered cannabis to ...

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Multiple observatories released significant initial data, including the Vera C. Rubin Observatory's first images, the James Webb Space Telescope's detailed views of protostars and colliding galaxies, ...

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Humans may, one day, be able to inhabit other worlds. Some advocates argue that remaining on only one planet courts disaster. The space agency aims to send four astronauts around the moon early next ...

The UK will rejoin the Erasmus study scheme from 2027, six years after announcing it would end its participation as part of a deal to leave the European Union (EU). Britons will be able to spend a ...

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The UK will rejoin the Erasmus scheme for students from 2027, the government confirms, six years after ending its participation as part of Brexit Students in the UK will be able to spend a year in ...