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A fragile 45-second Georges Méliès short survived in a family collection of old reels. The Library of Congress identified it, restored it, and made the film viewable in 4K.

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Official ESA/Hubble artist’s concept of a possible gas giant orbiting a white dwarf, with a bright debris disk and escaping material; illustration, not an observed photograph.

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