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Mystery galactic glow may be echo of sterile neutrinos

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Mystery galactic glow may be echo of sterile neutrinos

An unexplained X-ray signal from the swirling Perseus galaxy cluster could be the death rattle of an elusive particle – and hint at the nature of dark matter

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Celeb rover marks one Martian year on Mars with selfie

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Celeb rover marks one Martian year on Mars with selfie

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Black hole made peek-a-boo galaxy go mysteriously dark

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Twinkling Sirius spins its spectrum into a rainbow

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Twinkling Sirius spins its spectrum into a rainbow

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Mountain top exploded to make way for ghost telescope

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Mountain top exploded to make way for ghost telescope

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Monster move completes Earth's biggest radio telescope

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Monster move completes Earth's biggest radio telescope

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Pluto-bound craft seeks Manhattan-sized lump of ice

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Pluto-bound craft seeks Manhattan-sized lump of ice

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Spectacular galactic collision spawns cosmic tadpole

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Spectacular galactic collision spawns cosmic tadpole

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Extreme checklist to look for odd life on other worlds

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Extreme checklist to look for odd life on other worlds

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Extreme checklist to look for odd life on other worlds

Snow algae and light-shunning seaweed are some of the weird life forms that may rule on habitable exoplanets, according to criteria from a NASA astrobiologist

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NASA 'dream fund' selects submarine for Saturn moon

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Eye of Sauron star spotted by planet-hunting camera

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Cosmic dust bunnies cast the darkest known shadows

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Sun 'smoke rings' give clue to solar wind mystery

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