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The lanes and clouds of dust in the star-forming Orion Nebula (M42) reveal a dark dimension to this familiar object.

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Garden fete at Greenwich observatorySir Frank Dyson, astronomer royal conducting visitors through the gardens on July 19, 1923 (Picture: Smith Archive/ Alamy) The Great Equatorial Telescope, the ...