(AGENPARL) – ven 29 luglio 2022 A dense star has shredded and consumed nearly the entire mass of its stellar companion and grown into the heaviest neutron star observed to date.
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Zara Patel, associate professor of otolaryngology, commenting on a new study that found that 5% of COVID patients worldwide are estimated to have suffered a long-lasting loss of smell or taste.
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