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Looking for the echoes of a supernova

2 May 2007

The dazzling light of long-gone supernovae is still visible if you know where to look, say researchers

Cannibal star: first sighting of a celestial glutton

3 April 2007

Exploding stars are supposed to flare and die. So when one just kept on belching fire, astronomers knew they had some explaining to do

Anatomy of a super-Earth

13 December 2006

Two new worlds are unlike anything we've ever seen before. �鶹��ý meets the latest additions to the growing family of planets

My other universe is a Porsche

4 October 2006

What if the universe we love is just one of many habitable realities? �鶹��ý meet the adventurers charting the best of all possible worlds

Countdown: NASA's mission to Pluto and beyond

7 December 2005

What we know about the Solar System's most distant planet would fit on the back of a postcard. But a bold new mission blasting off in January will change all that

The rise of the house father

24 August 2005

Childbirth is a roller-coaster ride of fluctuating hormones, intense bonding and strong urges to protect and nurture that all comes naturally - to a new dad

Far-out worlds, just waiting to be found

20 July 2005

Bigger than Mars, colder than Pluto, �鶹��ý hunts the horde of planets that no one thought to look for

Why stars go out in a blaze of glory

6 July 2005

Stars at the very end of their lives produce the most spectacular sights in the galaxy. But how? �鶹��ý discovers an explosive answer

The Milky Way: There's no place like home

11 May 2005

A trillion stars, billions of bizarre planetary systems, a million black holes and one moody dark monster ruling the roost – welcome to your galaxy

The final unravelling of the universe

2 February 2005

It might collapse in a big crunch, or it could end more violently in a big rip. A drift into darkness is an option, but even that could get pretty exciting