Traditionally, a formal, summer garden-party dress did two things: it looked light and uplifting, while keeping all the bits one might generally expose to the sun covered.

WSJ: Fashion Meets Flora and Fauna

The researchers estimate that the two light sources come from black holes between 20 million and one billion times more massive than our Sun.

BBC: Dancing black hole twins spotted

One recent study of more than 450 Sun-like stars within about 325 light-years of Earth indicated most had high iron content in their photospheres, or on their surfaces - again, evidence the stars had gorged themselves on planetary material.

BBC: Star 'eats' a planet

The setting seems stark in the midday sun, but when the sun drops and the light shifts, a form of alchemy transforms the scene into one of sensual beauty.

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