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Stars that devour their planets get brighter and faster

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Stars that devour their planets get brighter and faster

When the sun expands and engulfs Earth, our planet's ashes will brighten the sun and spin it faster. We might be able to watch this happen across the universe

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Exoplanet transit

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Hidden exoplanets could be revealed by echoing light

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The Green Bank Telescope in West Virginia

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Mystery radio bursts may be from neutron star near a black hole

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Emission nebula Sharpless 2-106

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The ugly, fractured reality of the cosmos deserves our attention

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The universe could be full of more huge stars than we thought

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The universe could be full of more huge stars than we thought

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Weird dim star isn't due to alien megastructure - it's just dust

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Weird dim star isn't due to alien megastructure - it's just dust

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The tiny space rock New Horizons is headed for may have a moon

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The tiny space rock New Horizons is headed for may have a moon

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Illustration of colliding neutron stars

Space

Light from LIGO’s neutron star smashup just got even brighter

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Bizarre supernova may be powered by hidden disc of dust and gas

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Bizarre supernova may be powered by hidden disc of dust and gas

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Planets near dangerous stars could shield alien life under smog

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Planets near dangerous stars could shield alien life under smog

Red and white dwarfs make nasty neighbours due to spurts of deadly radiation, but alien life could still form on planets nearby if shielded by smog or oceans

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Mysterious gamma rays in Crab nebula traced to pulsar winds

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Earth

Light pollution is set to double between now and 2050

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Space

Black holes that shred stars burp out cosmic rays and neutrinos

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Should we seed life through the cosmos using laser-driven ships?

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