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Stars burning strangely make life in the multiverse more likely

Life

Stars burning strangely make life in the multiverse more likely

Supporters of the multiverse often cite a specific reaction in stars that seems tuned for life, making our universe improbable – but now there’s a new idea

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Russian telescope

Life

Mysterious signal unlikely to be aliens after SETI draws a blank

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The RATAN-600 radio telescope in Zelenchukskaya

Life

Mysterious SETI signal sends alien-hunting telescopes scrambling

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Proxima b’s star could be blasting away the planet’s atmosphere

Life

Proxima b’s star could be blasting away the planet’s atmosphere

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illustration of a planet in silhouette with a star behind

Space

Proxima b: 7 big questions about the new planet next door

Analysis

Proxima B

Space

Getting to Proxima b might become an existential requirement

Leader

planet

Space

Proxima b: Earth-like planet spotted just 4 light years away

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Roy Lichtenstein – Eclipse of the sun (1975)

Space

Solar eclipses: heaven-sent chance to mix art and science

Features

Red star surrounded by ordinary white stars. V838 Monocerotis, another red nova which erupted in 2002

Space

Mating stars hide their modesty behind a thick veil of dust

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The brightest stellar wildfire hosts impossibly huge stars

Space

The brightest stellar wildfire hosts impossibly huge stars

The 30 Doradus nebula is forming stars in a flat-out sprint, outpacing the local Milky Way by four orders of magnitude. Bring sunblock

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Space

Canadian meteorite may be first visitor from the Kuiper belt

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Space

Here's how to watch the great Perseid meteor shower tonight

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Space

Triple signal of ‘alien megastructure’ star baffles astronomers

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Space

Small gas cloud caught blowing a huge bubble in the Milky Way

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