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High-speed jets stream from baby stars in Orion
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Kepler gets first glimpse of its planetary hunting ground
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Titanium reveals explosive origins of the solar system
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Star crust is 10 billion times stronger than steel
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Physics
World’s highest-energy laser begins operating
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Astronomers toast the cosmos with dazzling images
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Space
Universe lit by dust-swaddled galaxies
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Earth
Listening to the Earth’s deepest secrets
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Physics
Is dark energy getting weaker?
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Space
Overweight galaxies force-fed by dark matter tendrils
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Space
US military to expand satellite monitoring programme
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