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5 April 2023

Dusty Beginnings of a Star This artist's rendering gives us a glimpse into a cosmic nursery as a star is born from the dark, swirling dust and gas of this cloud. Stars form when dark dust from the cloud begins to clump together under the influence of its own gravity. The infalling material forms a disk as it spirals inward, which feeds material onto the forming star at its center. Jets of material that shoot from the inner disk and protostar herald its birth. Planets form out of the remnants of the disk of material that surrounds the infant star. This leads to a question that has long perplexed astronomers about the nature of brown dwarfs, objects that fall between planets and stars in terms of their temperature and mass. — NASA/JPL-Caltech

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really matters, as the destructive effects of exploding stars wreak havoc across the universe. Astrophysicist Thomas Haworth explains at the Royal Institution, London, at 7pm BST on 11 April.

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are explored by behavioural scientist Lixing Sun. Cheating is found everywhere in the natural world and in human society. Interestingly, it can fuel diversity in both. On sale from 4 April.

Stories of Paper Innovation Holding a Chinese woodblock from museums collection — Robert C Williams Museum of papermaking

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