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Dead star leaves behind Jupiter's Ghost

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Dead star leaves behind Jupiter's Ghost

Not every star ends with a bang. A beautiful post-mortem portrait reveals a cloud of gas surrounding a jewel-like white dwarf

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Fractals seen in throbs of pulsating golden stars

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Solo supernovae challenge cosmic distance standards

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Fractals seen in throbs of pulsating golden stars

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Ancient planets are almost as old as the universe

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Ancient planets are almost as old as the universe

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Epic cosmic radio burst finally seen in real time

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Epic cosmic radio burst finally seen in real time

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Mapping the Milky Way: What's where in our galaxy

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Mapping the Milky Way: What's where in our galaxy

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Brave new world-hunters spot exoplanets on the cheap

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Brave new world-hunters spot exoplanets on the cheap

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Galaxy-mapping megacamera falls victim to loose fibres

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Galaxy-mapping megacamera falls victim to loose fibres

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Star's flying visit could fling comets at Earth

It might not happen for a quarter of a million years, but a nearby star coming closer to the sun could send planetary remnants hurtling to Earth

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How to think about… Alien contact

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Young, hotheaded stars could host habitable worlds

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Epic space collision rips away galactic gas

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Secret star saves gas cloud from jaws of black hole

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