Space
Dust devils around stars may help planets grow
A vortex seen in a disc around a young star may solve the mystery of how planets grow from grains of dust without first spiralling in to destruction
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Nearest exoplanet to Earth may be a ghost world
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Space
New type of supernova born in stellar smash-up
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Astrophile: Diamond planets get even more precious
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Health
Psychiatry needs its Higgs boson moment
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Life
First neighbouring planets that are both life-friendly
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Life
Magnetic death leaves Earth-like exoplanets dried out
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Space
Faint flashes reveal moment a black hole is born
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Astrophile: Nude crashing stars spark radiation bursts
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Astrophile: Snapshot of a two-faced Tatooine world
Astrophile is our weekly column on curious cosmic objects, from the solar system to the far reaches of the multiverse
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Astrophile: Dizzy dwarf star will spin itself to death
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First rapid planet-reader makes unique family portrait
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Physics
Astrophile: Glistening cloud acts as cosmic centimetre
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Astrophile: Super-bright supernova hints at dark lens
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