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Proxima b: Earth-like planet spotted just 4 light years away
A planet just 30 per cent more massive than Earth orbits in the habitable zone of Proxima Centauri, which is just 4.25 light years away. How Earth-like is it really?
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Solar eclipses: heaven-sent chance to mix art and science
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Mating stars hide their modesty behind a thick veil of dust
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The brightest stellar wildfire hosts impossibly huge stars
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Canadian meteorite may be first visitor from the Kuiper belt
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Here’s how to watch the great Perseid meteor shower tonight
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Triple signal of 鈥榓lien megastructure鈥� star baffles astronomers
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Small gas cloud caught blowing a huge bubble in the Milky Way
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Jupiter’s Great Red Spot is making its atmosphere hotter
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Torn-apart galaxy may be exacting revenge on the Milky Way
The satellite Sagittarius dwarf galaxy may have been massive enough to warp the disc of our galaxy 鈥� payback for the fact the Milky Way is ripping it apart
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Bye bye Philae! Comet team to lose touch with lander for good
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Einstein’s clock: The doomed black hole to set your watch by
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Mysterious swoosh caused by pulsars hugging companions close
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Baby stars grow big and strong by eating their own burst bubbles
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