Space
First weather report on an extrasolar planet
The outlook for gas giant world Kepler-7b is cloudy with a chance of styrofoam
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Hot Jupiters push exoplanet count over 1000 milestone
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Space
First interactive map of galaxy’s habitable planets
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Space
Early humans saw black hole light in the night sky
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Life
Cell scaffolding found in odd California meteorite
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Space
Double blasts may have birthed exotic quark stars
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Space
Astrophile: The iron planet with a 4-hour year
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Physics
Star twinkles could help pin down planet sizes
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Space
Astrophile: Elderly couple kicked out of the galaxy
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Space
Milky Way galaxy is even lighter than thought
The latest weigh-in of our home galaxy shows much less mass from dark matter, which means we may live in a cosmic oddball
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Firework view flaunts Perseid meteors’ illusory origin
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Giant clouds of lead glimpsed on distant dwarf stars
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Space
Astrophile: Rhythmic dance helps star lovers mature
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Space
Holiday reading: The dark glamour of astronomy
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