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The barn still had the faint smell of farm animals, even though none had lived there in ages.

"The brutality of it all impacted me a lot: the sorrow of the families, mothers fainting, pregnant wives, crying, outraged parents," the photographer recalled.

Broadway is not for the faint of heart.

Because the planet's faint glow is easily lost in the brightness of its host star, researchers applied high-contrast imaging techniques to separate the light of the planet from that of the star.

Although it cannot be directly observed or touched, researchers suspect that dark matter leaves behind faint traces.