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Astronomers find a new class of planet: a hellish world with lava oceans

7+ hour, 23+ min ago  (506+ words) When Satan awoke after being cast out of heaven in Paradise Lost, he found himself chained to a "burning lake" aflame with "liquid fire". Astronomers at Oxford may now have found a world that lives up to John Milton's hellish…...

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Iron ‘bar’ found in deep space hints at what might happen to Earth

2+ mon, 1+ day ago  (552+ words) Scientists have discovered a massive and mysterious "bar" of iron in outer space that may offer a glimpse of what will eventually happen to the Earth. The bar-shaped cloud of iron atoms is almost four trillion miles long. If you…...

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Tech titans Jeff Bezos and Bill Gates team up in race for minerals

7+ mon, 2+ week ago  (502+ words) A company backed by the billionaires Bill Gates and Jeff Bezos is to challenge China in the global race for the minerals that power modern technology. KoBold Metals is to begin mining in the Democratic Republic of Congo, which is…...