Life and times of a chameleon star: Since 1955, astronomers have watched the star FG Sagittae turn from blue to yellow. This rapid change has given them the chance to study a star's evolution in their own lifetime
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Science: Old star upstages the big bang show
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Mercury - the impossible planet?: By all accounts, the planet nearest the Sun is the wrong size and in the wrong place. Only a mission to Mercury can resolve the puzzle it poses
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Forum: A plague of planets - Ken Croswell wishes astronomers would stop crying wolf
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Science: How to spot planets round distant stars
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Science: WIMPs could make the Sun's core go rigid
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Science: Has the Milky Way formed stars in bursts?
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Science: 'Microlens' could reveal distant black holes
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Science: Supernova theory exploded by solitary white dwarfs
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Forum: What's so special about the centre? - It is time for a little post-Copernican thinking
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Science: A tunnel driven through the Galaxy's fog
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Science: Asteroid turns comet
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