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astronomy

Exoplanet and moon

Space

Possible exomoon may be an ocean-covered world as big as Saturn

The exomoon candidate found in July is a real oddity – early calculations suggest it’s huge and doesn’t fit any moon formation processes we currently know

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Galaxy

Space

Why our 'freakish' galaxy has got cosmologists seriously worried

Comment

The 5 biggest discoveries from the hunt for gravitational waves

Space

The 5 biggest discoveries from the hunt for gravitational waves

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hole sun main

Space

Hiding in plain sight: The mystery of the sun's missing matter

Features

Illustration of colliding neutron stars

Space

Gravitational waves have let us see huge neutron stars colliding

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Solar flare

Earth

A tech-destroying solar flare could hit Earth within 100 years

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Giant black hole seen flickering on and off after galaxy snack

Space

Giant black hole seen flickering on and off after galaxy snack

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Model of universe structure

Space

Half the universe’s missing matter has just been finally found

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Snap decisions: Thomas Ruff's show is, literally, off colour

Space

Snap decisions: Thomas Ruff's show is, literally, off colour

Culture

Pierre Auger Observatory

Space

Far-off galaxies are firing rare high-energy cosmic rays at us

The highest energy particles in the universe hit Earth very rarely, so it took 10 years of data to pinpoint their origin. They’re coming from galaxies far, far away

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Space

Our closest star system may be home to a stolen star and planet

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Space

Cassini to live-stream its final moments in Saturn’s atmosphere

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Space

We’ve just seen 15 new mysterious cosmic radio bursts from space

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Space

‘Alien megastructure’ star may host Saturn-like exoplanet

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