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Aerial view of the 500-metre-wide telescope dish

Space

Biggest radio telescope on Earth ready to receive alien signals

The 500-metre-wide radio telescope in rural China will let us study galaxies, pulsars and potential alien signals that would be too faint for any other scope

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Gas giant exoplanet in front of star

Space

Puffed-up exoplanets inflate with heat from their stars alone

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Artist's depiction of a pulsar approaching a disc of rubble

Space

Mystery radio bursts may be pulsars bumping into asteroids

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World's largest telescope array takes its deepest view yet

Space

World's largest telescope array takes its deepest view yet

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New NASA budget could put asteroid-grabbing mission in jeopardy

Space

New NASA budget could put asteroid-grabbing mission in jeopardy

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‘Alien megastructure’ star may be explained by interstellar junk

Space

‘Alien megastructure’ star may be explained by interstellar junk

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The warps in space that make Einstein's perfect cosmic accident

Space

The warps in space that make Einstein's perfect cosmic accident

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Saturn

Space

Saturn’s rings may be from the whirl of a passing icy rock

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Gaia's new star map will also reveal asteroids and dark matter

Space

Gaia's new star map will also reveal asteroids and dark matter

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Kamikaze galaxy explodes after diving into the Milky Way 

Space

Kamikaze galaxy explodes after diving into the Milky Way 

Distant dwarf galaxy Hercules’s eccentric orbit of the Milky Way ripped it apart, scattering its stars across space

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Space

China launches a space station and wants an even bigger one

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Space

New Horizons discovery raises solar wind riddle around Pluto

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Space

Rosetta set for a grand finale by diving into cometary cave

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Space

CSI Eta Carinae: Clouds suggest odd star's history of violence

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