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astronomy

The hottest planet yet is twice Jupiter’s size and hot as a star

Space

The hottest planet yet is twice Jupiter’s size and hot as a star

An exoplanet discovered orbiting a massive, scorching star 650 light years away is so hot that even its nightside hits temperatures higher than some stars

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LIGO’s third detection hints at how black hole binaries are born

Space

LIGO’s third detection hints at how black hole binaries are born

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Weird energy beam seems to travel five times the speed of light

Space

Weird energy beam seems to travel five times the speed of light

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Astronomers scramble as ‘alien megastructure’ star dims again

Space

Astronomers scramble as ‘alien megastructure’ star dims again

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LIGO could detect gravitational waves’ permanent space-time warp

Space

LIGO could detect gravitational waves’ permanent space-time warp

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Titan’s riverbeds show a terrain built more like Mars than Earth

Space

Titan’s riverbeds show a terrain built more like Mars than Earth

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Waves surge in opposite directions around Io's largest lava lake

Space

Waves surge in opposite directions around Io's largest lava lake

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Protoplanetary disc around young star TW Hydrae.

Space

Earth may have been born in a huge flare-up of the young sun

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Saturn

Space

Watch Cassini's first two dives between Saturn and its rings

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Marvel at the images from Cassini's first Grand Finale orbit

Space

Marvel at the images from Cassini's first Grand Finale orbit

The Cassini spacecraft is beginning its final set of daring orbits with breathtaking images of the Saturn system and rings

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Space

First look at images from Cassini's dive between Saturn's rings

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Space

Infrared telescope spots mystery flare-ups in distant galaxies

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Space

Distant DeeDee could be a new dwarf planet

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Space

Satellite swarms could increase space junk risk by 50 per cent

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