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Stonehenge science: How archaeology reveals the stone circle's secrets

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Stonehenge science: How archaeology reveals the stone circle's secrets

Archaeologists explain how science has unearthed the mysteries of Stonehenge, its ancient astronomy and how much more we are yet to discover

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2023 saw thrilling space missions and new cosmic mysteries

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The black streak is the newly discovered Giant Coma Stream, which is ten times as long as the Milky Way

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Largest stream of stars ever found could teach us about dark matter

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Strange way black holes lose energy could help solve cosmic puzzle

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Strange nebula changes colour rhythmically like a mood lamp

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Artist's impression of WASP-107b and its parent star

Space

Fluffy exoplanet blasted by its sun has clouds that rain sand

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Venus seen next to the crescent moon just before a daytime occultation in 2015

Space

When to see Venus disappear behind the moon this Thursday

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Space

What time is the partial lunar eclipse of the full moon this weekend?

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Oddly bright burst may mean space is more transparent than we thought

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2G6HE5R ANNIE JUMP CANNON (1863-1941) American astronomer and suffragist. about 1920

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Her Space, Her Time review: Trailblazing women astronomers

A disdain for misogyny past and present shines through in Shohini Ghose's rich history of women's underappreciated contributions to astronomy and physics

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Space

How to spot the constellation Aquila and its deep-sky objects

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Seven wonders of the Milky Way: An astronomer’s guide to the galaxy

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Space

Astronomers alarmed by satellite that outshines all but seven stars

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Why the next solar eclipses are a unique chance to understand the sun

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