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Kepler planetary disk

Space

‘Alien megastructure’ star may host Saturn-like exoplanet

Rather than being caused by extraterrestrial construction, the bizarre dimming of Tabby’s star could instead be due to a closely orbiting, ringed planet

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Solar eclipse

Space

Solar eclipse will reveal the roiling fog of plasma we call home

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Royal Maritime Museum

Space

Bringing the Royal Observatory at Greenwich back to life

Regulars

Victor M. Blanco Telescope and stars

Space

New sky survey shows that dark energy may one day tear us apart

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Exploding lightbulb

Technology

Eight great accidents in scientific discovery

Features

Enormous exoplanet has an atmosphere hot enough to boil iron

Space

Enormous exoplanet has an atmosphere hot enough to boil iron

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Jocelyn Bell Burnell

Space

Finding the first pulsar set my world spinning

Features

Titan

Space

Building blocks of alien cells found on Saturn’s largest moon

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Underwater sand dunes

Earth

Earth's underwater dunes help explain Venus's weird surface

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When is a black hole not a black hole? When it’s a boson star

Space

When is a black hole not a black hole? When it’s a boson star

Astronomers are confident they know what the mysterious massive object at the Milky Way’s heart is – but our first direct view this year could bring a shock

Features

Space

Premier exoplanet hunter on finding the first alien world

Features

Space

Weird orbits hint 'Planet Ten' might lurk at solar system edge

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Space

Time to embrace our odd place in the cosmos, inside a huge void?

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Space

Spectrum wars: The battle for the airwaves

Features

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