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Sinfonia of London albums review: Some of the finest string playing ever put on disc

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English Music For Strings by Sinfonia of London embraces some of the finest string playing ever put on disc by a British orchestra By David Mellor for Event Published: 22:01 GMT, 9 January 2021 | Updated: 22:01 GMT, 9 January 2021 English Music For Strings   Sinfonia of London, conducted by John Wilson  Chandos, out January 29 … Read more

Giant spinning ice disc is formed on a Chinese river due to a rare natural phenomenon

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Giant spinning ice disc is formed on a Chinese river due to a rare natural phenomenon The natural rarity was seen in the city of Ulanhot, north China’s Inner Mongolia Incredible footage shows the 33ft-wide ice disc slowly rotating anticlockwise  The unusual sight is a rare natural phenomenon that occurs in cold climates Ulanhot has an average … Read more

Little Mix’s Perrie Edwards reveals she’s agony due to slipped disc and tear in base of her spine

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‘I die every time we dance!’ Little Mix star Perrie Edwards reveals she’s in agony due to a slipped disc and a tear in the base of her spine By Ellie Phillips For Mailonline Published: 22:56 GMT, 29 October 2020 | Updated: 22:58 GMT, 29 October 2020 She debuted her new single Sweet Melody alongside … Read more

Astronomers find first evidence of a ‘twisted’ planet-forming disc

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Astronomers have discovered a strange young star system 1,200 light years from Earth where the planet-forming disc had been ripped apart by its three central stars. This is the first direct evidence that groups of stars can tear apart the disc of dust and gas that goes on to form worlds – leaving it with … Read more

Astronomers discover galaxy with intact disc 1.5 billion years after the Big Bang

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A huge rotating disc galaxy has been discovered by astronomers and 1.5 billion years after the Big Bang it was already ‘well-ordered, cold’ and intact. The Wolfe Disk galaxy was found by astronomers from the National Radio Astronomy Observatory using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA). The universe is 13.8 billion years old and most galaxies, … Read more

Kink in the Milky Way’s disc could have been created by an ongoing collision

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The Milky Way has a ‘kink’ or warp in its disc that ‘wobbles like a spinning top’ and it could have been created by an ongoing collision with a nearby dwarf galaxy. Observations from the European Space Agency Gaia mission helped scientists from the Turin Astrophysical Observatory track the warp as it orbits the galactic … Read more

Alcohol-filled blob of gel injected into the spine helped man recover from slipped disc

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A new treatment for slipped discs involves injecting a blob of gel containing alcohol into the spine. Marine contractor and father-of-two Robert Parke, 49, from Dumfries, was one of the first people in the UK to have it done. THE PATIENT Robert Parke, 49, has suffered crippling back pain since his teens When I was … Read more