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The physicist who wants to build a telescope bigger than Earth

Alex Lupsasca plans to extend Earth's largest telescope network beyond the atmosphere with a space-based dish. It could spot part of a black hole we've never seen before – and perhaps discover new physics

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The protective bubble around the sun (yellow dot) and Earth (blue dot)

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Cosmic cloud exposed Earth to interstellar space 3 million years ago

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'Unluckiest star' may be trapped in deadly dance with a black hole

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Messier 78

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Amazing new images of galaxies and nebulae caught by Euclid telescope

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path of fast radio burst FRB 181112

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Mysterious space signals may come from a dead star with a planet

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View Los Angeles financial district skyline at night

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The shift to LED lighting is stopping us from seeing our night skies

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How to see the Lyrid meteor shower and when is the peak?

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Eclipse chasers: Why NASA jets will pursue solar totality

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Eclipse chasers: Why NASA jets will pursue solar totality

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I might be an astrophysicist, but I'm still learning about stargazing

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Artist's impression of a super-Earth

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Planet caught in a gravitational 'tidal storm' is so hot that it glows

A strange world is being stretched out of shape by its neighbouring planets, heating it up so intensely that it probably has a molten surface

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The ambitious plans to study the sun during April's solar eclipse

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Is the truth out there? Yes, but it doesn't involve aliens

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How to spot the Spring Triangle as the equinox approaches

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Sleeping black hole is way more massive than it should be

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