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stars

supernova

Space

A bizarre supernova keeps exploding over and over again

The weirdest supernova ever seen is a zombie star that keeps collapsing and coming back to life. It’s so strange, it may be a whole new kind of celestial object

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The 5 biggest discoveries from the hunt for gravitational waves

Space

The 5 biggest discoveries from the hunt for gravitational waves

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Illustration of colliding neutron stars

Space

Gravitational waves have let us see huge neutron stars colliding

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Solar flare

Earth

A tech-destroying solar flare could hit Earth within 100 years

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Bushfire near Masai Mara Reserve, Kenya

Humans

Exploding stars could have kick-started our ancestors’ evolution

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The sun's disc

Space

The sun's energy could speed up dark matter so we can detect it

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A planet close to a burning star

Space

Star nicknamed Kronos after eating its own planetary children

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Proxima b

Space

Our closest star system may be home to a stolen star and planet

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The spiral galaxy NGC 2403, containing the star known as 1954J

Space

Mysterious flashing star seems destined for an explosive end

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Brown dwarfs have strong magnetic fields just like real stars

Space

Brown dwarfs have strong magnetic fields just like real stars

Failed stars called brown dwarfs straddle the line between big planets and small stars. An observation of a magnetic field puts another tick in the star column

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Space

Low-oxygen dwarf galaxy shows us how the early universe looked

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Space

'Impossible' star explosions made by gas and solar wind pile-up

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Space

Hidden pockets of turbulent gas fuel stars in far-off galaxies

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Space

Weird ancient burst of light in the sky turns out to be a nova

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