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An X-ray signal that has puzzled scientists for 45 years was the "death knell" of a planet ripped apart by a white dwarf star, data from NASA's Chandra observatory has revealed.

Ghost forests and zombie fires, two scary effects of climate change, are haunting the planet.

Ghost forests and zombie fires, two scary effects of climate change, are haunting the planet.

Orrin Pilkey has long urged beach communities to stop fighting the sea and instead adapt to the inevitability of coastal erosion, a natural process now being accelerated by rising sea levels.

Orrin Pilkey has long urged beach communities to stop fighting the sea and instead adapt to the inevitability of coastal erosion, a natural process now being accelerated by rising sea levels.

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An X-ray signal that has puzzled scientists for 45 years was the "death knell" of a planet ripped apart by a white dwarf star, data from NASA's Chandra observatory has revealed.