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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

A body known only as 2007 OR10 has been given a boost by recent space telescope observations that peg it smaller than only Pluto and Eris

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amateur astronomer in observatory

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The diehards who survey the sky from a backyard shed

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Kepler doubles exoplanet population with 1284 new planets

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Kepler doubles exoplanet population with 1284 new planets

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Graph showing the gravitational wave signal from LIGO

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

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Colourful topographic map of Mercury

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First global Mercury map shows its hills and valleys in detail

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Artist's impression of trappist-1 exoplanet system

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

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Totality by Katie Paterson

Syzygy exhibition squeezes cosmic wonders into everyday objects

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Trio of Earth-sized planets around nearby star could reveal life

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Trio of Earth-sized planets around nearby star could reveal life

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Artist's imression of Hitomi

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Japanese satellite's death spiral linked to software malfunction

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A pretty picture of lots of stars, large and small, with a cloudy blue backdrop presumably made of more stars

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Milky Way's nearest galaxies may be new to the neighbourhood

The Large and Small Magellanic Clouds have their stars all out of order, suggesting they only recently showed up on the Milky Way's doorstep

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Never-before-seen moon spotted around dwarf planet Makemake

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Water telescope’s first sky map shows flickering black holes

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Planet Nine might be an exoplanet stolen by the sun

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Lasers could hide Earth from aliens – or tell them we're here

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