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Supernova

17 April 1998

In brief : Happy event

28 February 1998

Did Hubble catch a glimpse of a nearby giant?

31 January 1998

Review : Search the skies

17 October 1997

Seven planets for seven stars - Just as astronomers were losing all hope, new worlds beyond the Solar System have started to turn up, says Gabrielle Walker

14 June 1996

Review : Home of the Vogons

14 June 1996

Meteorites – the children of the asteroids

10 February 1996

Next week, a spacecraft should set off on a three-year journey to a lump of flying rock the size of a city. The Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous (NEAR), scheduled for launch by NASA on 16 February, will be the first mission to study an asteroid

Alien worlds boost search for life

27 January 1996

Fighting fire with fire

14 July 1995

If we are going to stop the planet from turning into a giant tinderbox, we have to learn how to use fire at least as well as our ancestors

Strange stars the size of planets

26 May 1995