Space
Rainbow X-ray echoes pinpoint faraway neutron star
By observing ripples of X-rays bouncing off dust around a remote binary star, astronomers have solved a puzzle over its distance
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Earth
Construction resumes on Hawaii’s Thirty Meter Telescope
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Don’t fear apocalyptic asteroids: you’re safer than you think
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Grand Theft Sedna: how the sun might have stolen a mini-planet
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Supernova prized by astronomers begins to fade from view
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Sunlight could whip up water to slake lunar settlers’ thirst
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Giant telescope in Hawaii gets go-ahead, if others shut down
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Pluto’s strange family of moons are locked in a mysterious waltz
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Giant telescope in Hawaii gets go-ahead, if others shut down
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#RosettaWatch: 67P formed when two baby comets got together
A gentle dance involving two chunks of dirty ice may explain the distinctive duck-like shape of the Rosetta probe's quarry
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Mission to Europa will test Jupiter moon’s friendliness to life
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Vesta has no moons – is it unlucky or did it eat them?
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Supernova space bullets could have seeded Earth’s iron core
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Physics
Found: Giant spirals in space that could explain our existence
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