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exoplanet

Space

Water spotted in the atmosphere of nearby hot Jupiter exoplanet

Astronomers have detected water vapour in the atmosphere of 51 Pegasi b – which lies just 50 light years away

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Venus

Space

Old 51¶¯Âþ: Into the twilight zone of dubious causation

Regulars

Tiny spacecraft could brake at exoplanet using alien starlight

Space

Tiny spacecraft could brake at exoplanet using alien starlight

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calculators

Space

Lost in space: Two books on the forgotten women of astroscience

Culture

This smooth rock may be a metal meteorite on Mars

Space

Curiosity finds Mars rock that may be a meteorite made from iron

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Cold case: The unsolved mystery of what lit Kepler's supernova

Space

Cold case: The unsolved mystery of what lit Kepler's supernova

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Artists rendition of a binary star with a disc of dust around it

Space

Binary stars shred up and shove off their newborn planets

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Asteroids around a star

Space

‘Alien megastructure’ signal may be due to star eating a planet

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Metal asteroid and Trojans selected for next NASA missions

Space

Metal asteroid and Trojans selected for next NASA missions

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Radio telescopes

Space

Cosmic radio bursts tracked to home galaxy for first time

One repeating example of a fast radio burst has finally been pinned down to a tiny and distant dwarf galaxy, narrowing down its precise origin

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Space

Giant ball of gas is a totally stinky galactic chemistry lab

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Space

Were Aboriginal Australians the first astronomers?

Features

Space

More giant Earth-like exoplanets will be found next year

Comment

Space

First exoplanet weather report shows clouds of ruby and sapphire

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