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astronomy

Find exomoons by watching how they warp their planet's light

Space

Find exomoons by watching how they warp their planet's light

A new way of detecting exomoons circling young giant planets could be possible with the next generation of telescopes

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The alien world that's being vaporised by a death ray

Space

The alien world that's being vaporised by a death ray

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milky way

Space

Milky Way obscured by light pollution for a third of the world

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Is NASA doing enough to look for alien life?

Life

Is NASA doing enough to look for alien life?

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Two black holes spiralling together

Space

LIGO discovers new gravitational wave – and new era of astronomy

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Ocean worlds could host life under layers of high-pressure ice

Life

Ocean worlds could host life under layers of high-pressure ice

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Packing for space flattened NASA's inflatable space hotel

Space

Packing for space flattened NASA's inflatable space hotel

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Bloated baby black holes spotted in the distant universe

Space

Bloated baby black holes spotted in the distant universe

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Identity-crisis comet may really be closest asteroid to the sun

Space

Identity-crisis comet may really be closest asteroid to the sun

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Unnamed dwarf planet may be third largest in the solar system

Space

Unnamed dwarf planet may be third largest in the solar system

A body known only as 2007 OR10 has been given a boost by recent space telescope observations that peg it smaller than only Pluto and Eris

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Space

The diehards who survey the sky from a backyard shed

Regulars

Space

Kepler doubles exoplanet population with 1284 new planets

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Space

Gravitational waves: Your cheat sheet on the find of the decade

Features

Space

First global Mercury map shows its hills and valleys in detail

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