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Science: Weighty clues to the density of the Universe
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Science: A flare for finding young solar systems
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Science: Chill Uranus is poles apart from other giant planets
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Science: Did the biggest galaxies form first?
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Science: Dim pulsars may crowd our Galaxy
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Science: White-hot facelifts for old stars of Milky Way
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Science: Galaxy cluster shot through the heart
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Science: In a whirl over stars that are ‘too old’
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Science: Ice age wobbles shaped climate
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Science: Popular theory of cosmology is in trouble
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Science: How a sea change killed the clams
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A death in the neighbourhood: Why did a giant red star turn orange before it died? Who stole its hydrogen? And what does it mean for the astronomers on the case?
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