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The alien world that's being vaporised by a death ray

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The alien world that's being vaporised by a death ray

A Mercury-sized exoplanet is being blown apart like a dandelion – and magnetic hotspots on its star could make things worse

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Milky Way obscured by light pollution for a third of the world

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Is NASA doing enough to look for alien life?

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Is NASA doing enough to look for alien life?

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Two black holes spiralling together

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LIGO discovers new gravitational wave – and new era of astronomy

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Ocean worlds could host life under layers of high-pressure ice

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Ocean worlds could host life under layers of high-pressure ice

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Packing for space flattened NASA's inflatable space hotel

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Packing for space flattened NASA's inflatable space hotel

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Bloated baby black holes spotted in the distant universe

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Bloated baby black holes spotted in the distant universe

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Identity-crisis comet may really be closest asteroid to the sun

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Identity-crisis comet may really be closest asteroid to the sun

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Unnamed dwarf planet may be third largest in the solar system

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Unnamed dwarf planet may be third largest in the solar system

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amateur astronomer in observatory

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The diehards who survey the sky from a backyard shed

Amateur stargazers may be a dying breed in an age of computerised astronomy. Nick van Tiem has photographed them in their favoured haunts

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Kepler doubles exoplanet population with 1284 new planets

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Gravitational waves: Your cheat sheet on the find of the decade

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First global Mercury map shows its hills and valleys in detail

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New exoplanet trio may have been dried out by fiery young star

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