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Space

Small stars may keep planets in line with magnetic harnesses

Some planets orbit their stars right around the star's equator, while others go at wonky angles 鈥� and it's all down to the star's size

Space

Neil Armstrong shortlisted in public vote for exoplanet names

Space

Listen to the world’s first duet for piano and pulsating star

Space

Kepler sees hints of asteroids pursuing planets near other stars

Space

Spacecraft could use sat-nav for directions to the moon

Space

Hawaii astronomy meeting glosses over telescope controversy

Space

Watch the far side of the moon pass in front of Earth

Physics

Vibrating stars could reveal elusive ripples in space-time

Space

Pluto looms large, a day before New Horizons’s closest approach

Space

Hoped-for dark matter flash might instead be the corpses of stars

A supposed dark matter signal from the centre of the galaxy is looking more and more like mundane astrophysics rather than exotic particles

Physics

Misbehaving pulsar’s sudden slow-down may teach us how they tick

Space

Galaxy’s supermassive black hole is a cool neighbourhood for ice

Space

Rainbow X-ray echoes pinpoint faraway neutron star

Earth

Construction resumes on Hawaii’s Thirty Meter Telescope