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Corkscrew planets spiral back and forth between two stars
In some rare cases, a planet in a binary system may spiral around the axis that connects its two stars – although how such planets come to be is unclear
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Millions of missing galaxies found hiding in plain sight
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A new Hope: first Arab Mars probe given mission to track water
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Mercury’s magnetic heart was beating soon after its birth
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Galactic smash-ups turn on the lights around black holes
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Milky Way’s quiet life leaves it with no dark matter skeleton
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That’s no moon! Spacecraft mistaken for new natural satellite
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Stars throw out a lifetime’s waste carbon in just 1000 years
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Feedback: Some numerology of astronomy
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NASA’s Curiosity rover finds astronauts could farm water on Mars
NASA's Curiosity rover has found evidence of a liquid water cycle on Mars, and harnessing this could one day make drinking water for astronauts
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Two mysterious bright spots on dwarf planet Ceres are not alike
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Looking into the voids could help explain dark energy
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Einstein puts a ring on distant galaxy
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Baby star before-and-after shows how it gets massive
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