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Jupiter Saturn conjunction: How to see tonight's 'Christmas star'

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Jupiter Saturn conjunction: How to see tonight's 'Christmas star'

Get ready for 21 December 2020, when the "winter solstice great conjunction" of Jupiter and Saturn brings them closest in the night sky since 1623

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2020 in review: Earth acquired a minimoon the size of a 6-year-old

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2020 in review: Earth acquired a minimoon the size of a 6-year-old

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We may have seen a huge explosion in the oldest galaxy in the universe

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How to help discover new galaxies without leaving your home

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How to help discover new galaxies without leaving your home

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The universe is expanding too fast, and that could rewrite cosmology

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The universe is expanding too fast, and that could rewrite cosmology

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Weird space radio signal tracked to its source for the first time

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Weird space radio signal tracked to its source for the first time

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Mathematicians have found the shortest route to visit 2 million stars

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Mathematicians have found the shortest route to visit 2 million stars

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Mars is unusually close this month – here's how to spot it in the sky

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Mars is unusually close this month – here's how to spot it in the sky

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Climate change and big tech are jeopardising the future of astronomy

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Climate change and big tech are jeopardising the future of astronomy

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An Earth-sized rogue planet is roaming the galaxy without a star

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An Earth-sized rogue planet is roaming the galaxy without a star

Most of the rogue planets we’ve found floating in space without stars have been huge, but for the first time astronomers have spotted one about as massive as Earth

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How to spot a Starlink satellite in the night sky

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This 3.2 gigapixel cauliflower is the largest photograph ever taken

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Strange worlds unlike Earth may be our best bet to find alien life

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Strange fast-moving clouds of gas may be suffocating the Milky Way

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