Space
2013 Smart Guide: Supercomet to outshine the moon
A gas cloud crashing into the black hole at the centre of the galaxy and a naked-eye comet promise celestial fireworks in 2013
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Life
How an ancient Egyptian code unmasked a cannibal star
Features
Space
Mysterious star deaths are really mergers in disguise
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Physics
Space-time waves may be hiding in dead star pulses
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Space
Junk radio signals track all space debris in one go
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Space
Humans head for moon’s orbit – and beyond
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Astrophile: How a faraway dwarf world lost its cloak
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Space
Solar maximum? Oh, you just missed it
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Physicist: ‘I carried a gun. And learned calculus’
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Two dead stars provide low-tech way to test Einstein
The orbit of a binary star system is changing so quickly due to gravitational waves that you could measure it with your wristwatch
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Space
Galactic ‘axis of asymmetry’ threatens cosmic order
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Space
Jet-set young sun pushed baby planets off kilter
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Life
Corpse stars could nurture life on alien planets
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‘Cold’ solar loops may help solve corona puzzle
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