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immune system

Massive exoplanet’s close dance is making its star spin faster

Space

Massive exoplanet’s close dance is making its star spin faster

Astronomers have discovered a massive planet on an orbit close enough to speed up the rotation of its star

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Extreme cure for MS reboots immune system – but can be fatal

Health

Extreme cure for MS reboots immune system – but can be fatal

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aliens

Space

How the sun abducted dwarf planets from an alien solar system

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solar system

Space

Your explosive guide to the end of the universe

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Perseid meteor shower

Space

Rare cosmic balancing act makes Perseid meteor showers brighter

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Bloated baby black holes spotted in the distant universe

Space

Bloated baby black holes spotted in the distant universe

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A diagram of Earth's magnetic field in colour

Earth

Cranky young sun could have kickstarted life on Earth

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An artist's impression of an asteroid in space

Space

Incoming asteroids could crumble harmlessly before they hit us

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Juno probe

Life

Pinball planets: How life could start in a violent solar system

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Identity-crisis comet may really be closest asteroid to the sun

Space

Identity-crisis comet may really be closest asteroid to the sun

Observations of a supposed comet that skirts close to the sun reveal it doesn't really act like one – so may be a different kind of space rock altogether

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Space

Unnamed dwarf planet may be third largest in the solar system

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Space

Kepler doubles exoplanet population with 1284 new planets

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Earth

Super-salty Turkish lakes may hold key to spotting life on Mars

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Space

Gravitational waves: Your cheat sheet on the find of the decade

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