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astrophysics

V883 Orionis's protoplanetary disc

Space

Baby star illuminates icy wall between rocky planets and giants

A newborn star's fiery temper tantrum pushed its "snow line" far enough out that astronomers could spot it

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Milky Way’s bulge may have been formed by the galaxy buckling

Space

Milky Way’s bulge may have been formed by the galaxy buckling

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China’s Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Telescope (FAST)

Space

China builds world’s largest radio telescope to hunt for aliens

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Inside the Super-Kamiokande neutrino detector

Physics

Neutrinos hint at why antimatter didn't blow up the universe

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Artist's impression of an alien world

Space

Impossible vanishing stars could be signs of advanced alien life

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Illustration of a supernovae

Space

Supernovae 2 million years ago may have changed human behaviour

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Conceptual image of the big bang

Space

Bully particle beats up atoms to fix cosmic accounting glitch

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Artist's impression of a star eating a planet

Space

Flamingo stars turn pink when they gobble iron-rich planets

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Colourful topographic map of Mercury

Space

First global Mercury map shows its hills and valleys in detail

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Big Ben poppers

Space

Feedback: Poppers burn a hole in the UK's blanket drugs ban

Plus quantum tape unravels, a knife for women, Neil deGrasse Tyson's painful tweets, airy promises from breathing guru, digital teeth, and more

Regulars

Space

LIGO could catch dark matter made of black holes

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Space

Four big cosmology secrets gravitational waves could uncover

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Earth

Record-breaking double star may be cannibalising itself

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Space

Interstellar's true black hole too confusing

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