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astronomy

Artist's impression of trappist-1 exoplanet system

Space

New exoplanet trio may have been dried out by fiery young star

Three recently discovered nearby exoplanets may not be as habitable as they first looked, as their hot young star could have left them high and dry

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Totality by Katie Paterson

Syzygy exhibition squeezes cosmic wonders into everyday objects

Culture

Trio of Earth-sized planets around nearby star could reveal life

Space

Trio of Earth-sized planets around nearby star could reveal life

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Artist's imression of Hitomi

Space

Japanese satellite's death spiral linked to software malfunction

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A pretty picture of lots of stars, large and small, with a cloudy blue backdrop presumably made of more stars

Space

Milky Way's nearest galaxies may be new to the neighbourhood

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Makemake shining brightly, with a small, faint blob just above it and a big arrow pointing to it

Space

Never-before-seen moon spotted around dwarf planet Makemake

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The HAWC observatory near the Sierra Nevada volcano in Mexico

Space

Water telescope’s first sky map shows flickering black holes

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The Pleiades star cluster: it might have been the sun's nursery

Space

Planet Nine might be an exoplanet stolen by the sun

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Lasers could hide Earth from aliens – or tell them we're here

Space

Lasers could hide Earth from aliens – or tell them we're here

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Long-term view of extreme cosmic burst challenges astronomers

Space

Long-term view of extreme cosmic burst challenges astronomers

Several years of observations from the afterglow of one of the most powerful explosions in the universe could upend the standard view of how these bursts work

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Space

Japanese Hitomi satellite falls silent after taking a tumble

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Space

Our galaxy's impossible collision could break gravity

Features

Space

Lost Japanese satellite Hitomi shows unexpected signs of life

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Space

Ceres surprises with water ice and colourful bright spots

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