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Stars can start shining at a smaller mass than we thought

Space

Stars can start shining at a smaller mass than we thought

Objects with only 6.7 per cent of the sun’s mass can be stars, according to a fresh measurement of how massive an object must be to achieve nuclear fusion

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MetLife Tower

Space

Final demands: We explore sci-fi's unworldly money troubles

Culture

What vision of doom made Hawking seek a faster Earth exit plan?

Space

What vision of doom made Hawking seek a faster Earth exit plan?

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Saturn

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Watch Cassini's first two dives between Saturn and its rings

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Saturn

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Cassini takes first plunge between Saturn's rings

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Physics

Time crystals: A new state of matter that outlasts the universe

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An astronaut in a spacesuit during a space walk

Space

NASA might run out of space suits before it quits the ISS

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Marvel at the images from Cassini's first Grand Finale orbit

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Marvel at the images from Cassini's first Grand Finale orbit

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First look at images from Cassini's dive between Saturn's rings

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First look at images from Cassini's dive between Saturn's rings

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Melting moons could support liveable atmospheres for aeons

Space

Melting moons could support liveable atmospheres for aeons

If a migrating exoplanet dragged a Europa-like moon closer to its host star, the moon’s icy shell could melt into liquid oceans and breathable air

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Space

Joint mission to Europa could seek life under the ice

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Space

Icy Enceladus’s tiger stripes are a window on its watery depths

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Space

Quickest we could visit another star is 69 years – here’s how

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Space

Satellite swarms could increase space junk risk by 50 per cent

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