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Citizen scientists, name that planet

Amateur astronomers will play a key role in the hunt for extrasolar planets

Opinion

China starts building world's biggest radio telescope

Space

China starts building world's biggest radio telescope

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When the multiverse and many-worlds collide

Space

When the multiverse and many-worlds collide

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Into the breeches: A makeover for Longitude's villain

Space

Into the breeches: A makeover for Longitude's villain

Features

The limits of knowledge: Things we'll never understand

Life

The limits of knowledge: Things we'll never understand

Features

Strange cosmic ray hotspots stalk southern skies

Space

Strange cosmic ray hotspots stalk southern skies

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What's an alien solar system like?

Space

What's an alien solar system like?

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Two planets found sharing one orbit

Space

Two planets found sharing one orbit

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When is a group of stars not a galaxy?

Space

When is a group of stars not a galaxy?

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Most detailed image of night sky unveiled

Space

Most detailed image of night sky unveiled

Millions of images taken by the Sloan Digital Sky Survey since 1998 have been stitched together into a detailed mosaic covering a third of the sky

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Space

How to sort the dwarfs from the planets

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Space

Solar eclipse to ring in new year

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Space

Quartet of giant planets puzzles astronomers

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Space

Over-budget telescope threatens other projects

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