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We could use Earth's atmosphere as a giant lens for a space telescope

A space telescope could use the whole Earth as a lens by capturing light deflected off the atmosphere to help us search for signs of life on exoplanets

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Before building another telescope, learn from Hawaiian culture

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Before building another telescope, learn from Hawaiian culture

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What happened when the Shoemaker-Levy 9 comet smashed into Jupiter

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Two stars orbiting each other

Space

Two incredibly fast-orbiting stars seem to be the wrong temperature

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Image of a supernova

Space

Strange stars that go supernova may be dimming because of dark matter

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Protesters at Mauna Kea

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Hawaii declares state of emergency amid protests over huge telescope

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telescopes

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There aren’t enough space explosions to explain strange radio bursts

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Astronaut on Moon

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Moon rocks can tell us where life could thrive beyond the solar system

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Radio telescope

Space

Jodrell Bank Observatory honoured with UNESCO World Heritage status

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Exoplanet and ploonets

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Exomoons that run away from their planets could become 'ploonets'

We haven’t found any moons around exoplanets, which may be because they are flung away and turn into “ploonets” - a fate that could one day befall our own moon

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Mystery radio waves from space tracked to a surprising home galaxy

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People in Science

Claudius Ptolemy

People in Science

Caroline Herschel

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We may be witnessing the birth of an exomoon around a distant world

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