Life
Proxima b’s star could be blasting away the planet’s atmosphere
We’ve just found a potentially habitable exoplanet nearby, but monthly violent outbursts from the star Proxima Centauri could be bad news for life
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Humans
Tale of world of supersmart spiders takes Clarke SF award
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Space
The brightest stellar wildfire hosts impossibly huge stars
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Space
Triple signal of ‘alien megastructure’ star baffles astronomers
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Space
Jupiter’s Great Red Spot is making its atmosphere hotter
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Space
Bye bye Philae! Comet team to lose touch with lander for good
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Space
Astronauts prepare for Mars mission at the bottom of the sea
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Physics
Einstein’s clock: The doomed black hole to set your watch by
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Physics
Mysterious swoosh caused by pulsars hugging companions close
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Space
Baby stars grow big and strong by eating their own burst bubbles
A new simulation suggests the most massive stars in the universe got so big by taking advantage of the same physics that makes mushroom clouds
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Physics
Largest-ever map of 1.2 million galaxies measures dark energy
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Space
Milky Way’s bulge may have been formed by the galaxy buckling
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Space
Resurrected radio dish could guide GPS on the moon
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Space
Fiery exoplanet may see a trillion lightning flashes in an hour
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