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Dancing rainbows reveal Kepler's exoplanet families

Space

Dancing rainbows reveal Kepler's exoplanet families

A dizzying display shows all 3538 known and candidate exoplanets in multi-planet systems that NASA's planet-hunting space telescope has discovered so far

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Forgotten force: The other great cosmic attractor

Space

Forgotten force: The other great cosmic attractor

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Space

Fake planets reveal distance to Earth's nearest twin

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Astrophile: Evil twin planet makes other Earths likely

Space

Astrophile: Evil twin planet makes other Earths likely

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Exoplanet hunters may find ET by glut of alien corpses

Life

Exoplanet hunters may find ET by glut of alien corpses

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Space

Earth's super-siblings grew up very differently

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Golden wrapper to protect Milky Way mapper

Space

Golden wrapper to protect Milky Way mapper

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'Black glass' could be first comet chunk found on Earth

Space

'Black glass' could be first comet chunk found on Earth

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How to sniff aliens' gas in exoplanet atmospheres

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How to sniff aliens' gas in exoplanet atmospheres

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Astrophile: Lost moon Naiad swims back into view

Space

Astrophile: Lost moon Naiad swims back into view

The small moon of Neptune has been found after 24 years, and its erratic behaviour hints that the planet's entire family may be headed for rocky times

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Space

First weather report on an extrasolar planet

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Hot Jupiters push exoplanet count over 1000 milestone

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First interactive map of galaxy's habitable planets

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Early humans saw black hole light in the night sky

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