Newton’s experiment remains almost insultingly simple. Sunlight, a darkened room, a glass prism. The conclusion was unavoidable. Colour belonged to light itself. The prism merely made it visible.

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This Christmas, astronomers are highlighting a spectacular region of space that looks remarkably like a glowing holiday tree.

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Far from being shooting stars, meteors are tiny fragments of cosmic debris that ignite as they enter Earth’s atmosphere, a ...