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Distant Jupiter-like world may be the darkest planet ever found
The clouds on WASP-104b – an exoplanet orbiting a star 466 light years away – have been swept away by radiation, leaving a surface that reflects almost no light
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Shredded galaxy is disintegrating before our eyes after smash-up
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The neon swirls that show how a map of our galaxy is made
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Life on nearest exoplanet may have been wiped out by superflare
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Mission Icarus: Inside the daring plan to touch the sun
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A star has been seen exploding faster than any other on record
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Pushing the boundaries: A round-up of new popular science books
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The sun’s mysteriously hot corona may be due to invisible plasma
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We have found traces of the universe’s first ever stars
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Why 2018 is looking like it will be the year of the black hole
Powerful telescopes are ready to reveal the vast black hole at the heart of our galaxy in all its glory. This is a big moment for astronomy, says Geraint Lewis
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Weird particle soup may have formed stars in the early universe
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Suns and daughters: The family tree that may unite all the stars
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Dancing galaxies may shake up our ideas of galaxy formation
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Some exoplanets orbiting red giant stars may just be a mirage
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