Space
Proxima b: 7 big questions about the new planet next door
We’ve just discovered a planet in the nearest star system that could potentially host life. How do we find out more, and can we go visit?
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Humans
Getting to Proxima b might become an existential requirement
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Space
Proxima b: Earth-like planet spotted just 4 light years away
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Solar eclipses: heaven-sent chance to mix art and science
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Mating stars hide their modesty behind a thick veil of dust
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Space
The brightest stellar wildfire hosts impossibly huge stars
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Canadian meteorite may be first visitor from the Kuiper belt
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Here’s how to watch the great Perseid meteor shower tonight
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Triple signal of ‘alien megastructure’ star baffles astronomers
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Small gas cloud caught blowing a huge bubble in the Milky Way
A spherical abyss in our galaxy looks to be caused by a lightweight gas cloud smashing through it. The finding could tell us more about how stars form
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Jupiter’s Great Red Spot is making its atmosphere hotter
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Torn-apart galaxy may be exacting revenge on the Milky Way
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Bye bye Philae! Comet team to lose touch with lander for good
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Physics
Einstein’s clock: The doomed black hole to set your watch by
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