Gli astronomi hanno catturato in tempo reale gli esiti di una devastante collisione frontale tra due giovani pianeti in orbita attorno alla stella Gaia20ehk. L'impatto ha generato una gigantesca nube di detriti e polveri incandescenti che ha oscurato la luce visibile della stella, provocando al contempo un forte picco di emissione infrarossa. L'evento, avvenuto a una distanza dalla stella pari a quella tra la Terra e il Sole, offre una rara finestra osservativa sui processi violenti che quattro miliardi di anni fa portarono alla formazione della Luna.

Meet Hilary Cremin: the Cambridge Professor of Education (yes, the one who appointed Jason Arday) who wants to abolish all secondary schools because they're "fascist", among other mad ideas, says Dr Nicholas Tate.

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First-year university students in Northampton are being asked to complete a race equality course as part of their induction, with requirements to write about "white privilege" and how to "improve anti-racist practice".

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Sydney Sweeney is under fire from female athletes, who accuse her of "sexualising women's sport". From his years of teaching at a girls' school, Guy de la Bédoyère thinks he knows why women really hate the busty actress.

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