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Kepler-11 and exoplanets

Space

Toddler stars' baby fat kicks out almost all their exoplanets

The Kepler space telescope has found more singleton planets than expected. A new explanation blames young stars for tossing planets out in a tantrum

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Strange signals from 234 stars could be ET - or human error

Space

Strange signals from 234 stars could be ET - or human error

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Artist's illustration depicts the interior of a low-mass star

Space

Proxima b's hyperactive star is more sun-like than thought

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Uranus might have two dark moons we've never seen before

Space

Uranus might have two dark moons we've never seen before

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Our universe contains 10 times more galaxies than we thought

Space

Our universe contains 10 times more galaxies than we thought

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Space

Project Blue plans to send space telescope to snap nearby worlds

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Proxima b

Space

Failed hunt for Proxima b’s star transit leaves us in the dark

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NASA astronaut Reid Wiseman captured this image from the International Space Station and posted it to social media on Sept. 28, 2014, writing,

Space

Super-dim galaxy may be one of hundreds orbiting the Milky Way

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Hypothetical view of an exoplanet with two suns

Space

Giant hidden Jupiters may explain lonely planet systems

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The Large Magellanic Cloud

Space

Milky Way's baby brother caught copying its star shredding habit

The Large Magellanic Cloud is taking tips from us – it’s been caught shredding a globular cluster it stole from elsewhere, just like our galaxy is known to do

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Space

Our home spiral arm in the Milky Way is less wimpy than thought

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Space

Robot eyes are catching up with our exploding cosmos

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Space

No, NASA hasn't changed the zodiac signs or added a new one

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Space

Biggest radio telescope on Earth ready to receive alien signals

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