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An artistic impression of the path of two black holes as they spiral towards each other

Space

LIGO black hole pair may be stars that lived and died together

We’ve now seen enough gravitation waves to start wondering about the formation of the binary black holes that cause the signals when they spiral in and collide

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Find exomoons by watching how they warp their planet's light

Space

Find exomoons by watching how they warp their planet's light

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The alien world that's being vaporised by a death ray

Space

The alien world that's being vaporised by a death ray

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Space

Milky Way obscured by light pollution for a third of the world

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Is NASA doing enough to look for alien life?

Life

Is NASA doing enough to look for alien life?

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Two black holes spiralling together

Space

LIGO discovers new gravitational wave – and new era of astronomy

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Ocean worlds could host life under layers of high-pressure ice

Life

Ocean worlds could host life under layers of high-pressure ice

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Packing for space flattened NASA's inflatable space hotel

Space

Packing for space flattened NASA's inflatable space hotel

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Bloated baby black holes spotted in the distant universe

Space

Bloated baby black holes spotted in the distant universe

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Identity-crisis comet may really be closest asteroid to the sun

Space

Identity-crisis comet may really be closest asteroid to the sun

Observations of a supposed comet that skirts close to the sun reveal it doesn't really act like one – so may be a different kind of space rock altogether

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Space

Unnamed dwarf planet may be third largest in the solar system

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Space

The diehards who survey the sky from a backyard shed

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Space

Kepler doubles exoplanet population with 1284 new planets

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Space

Gravitational waves: Your cheat sheet on the find of the decade

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