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Brown dwarfs have strong magnetic fields just like real stars

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Brown dwarfs have strong magnetic fields just like real stars

Failed stars called brown dwarfs straddle the line between big planets and small stars. An observation of a magnetic field puts another tick in the star column

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Final pictures from Cassini as probe smashes into Saturn

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Final pictures from Cassini as probe smashes into Saturn

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Cassini to live-stream its final moments in Saturn’s atmosphere

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Cassini to live-stream its final moments in Saturn’s atmosphere

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Hottest place

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The hottest place ever recorded on Earth's surface was 2370°C

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<i>The Farthest</i>: How the Voyager story keeps on giving

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The Farthest: How the Voyager story keeps on giving

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Nine probes reached the outer solar system: Where are they now?

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Nine probes reached the outer solar system: Where are they now?

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Slingshot around Titan is the beginning of the end for Cassini

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Slingshot around Titan is the beginning of the end for Cassini

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artist's impression of planet nine

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Our sun probably didn’t steal Planet Nine from outer space

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Some TRAPPIST-1 planets may have the right conditions for water

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Some TRAPPIST-1 planets may have the right conditions for water

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Royal Maritime Museum

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Bringing the Royal Observatory at Greenwich back to life

For the first time in 60 years astronomy could be reborn in one of its most iconic locations, the Royal Observatory in Greenwich, London

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Enormous exoplanet has an atmosphere hot enough to boil iron

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Earth's underwater dunes help explain Venus's weird surface

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The ethics issue: Should we colonise other planets?

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Our young moon’s supersonic winds made waves in its magma ocean

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