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In a new study published in The Astrophysical Journal, a group of researchers from the University of Colorado Boulder ...

Beyond the local interstellar clouds and their wispy clumps of hydrogen and helium atoms in the form of gas and dust, the ...

The site of the world’s worst nuclear disaster remains damaged, but so far, radiation levels outside the plant have not ...

The United Nations' nuclear watchdog has raised concerns about the integrity of the protective shield at Chernobyl.

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