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The Universe through X-ray eyes: A satellite orbiting the Earth is gazing into space at wavelengths never observed before, peering into corners of the cosmos that other telescopes cannot reach
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Science: Say goodbye to the tenth planet
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Science: Quasar doubles help to fix the Hubble constant
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Review: Question time for space and star fiends
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Forum: From discovery dome to distillery – Nigel Henbest visits the first Orkney Science Festival
Science: Neutron star powers celestial oddity
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Science: Satellite star survey spices up study of hot sources
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Science: Pulsar ‘cannibalised’ another star’s planets
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Review: The Sky: A User’s Guide
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Birth of the planets: The Earth and its fellow planets may be survivors from a time when planets ricocheted around the Sun like ball bearings on a pinball table
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Science: Vast ocean may have covered surface of the red planet
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Astronomers focus minds on survival
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