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Mystery cosmic objects light up in X-ray then go dim in an hour
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Long-term view of extreme cosmic burst challenges astronomers
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Star clusters could host long-lived technological civilisations
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Black hole batteries could power mysterious radio bursts
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Life
Crowdsourcing a solution works best if some don’t help
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Space
Earth’s composition might be unusual for a planet with life
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Physics
Black holes may be brick walls that bounce information back out
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Space
Neptune’s sudden jolt could explain weird ring in Kuiper belt
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Physics
Misbehaving pulsar’s sudden slow-down may teach us how they tick
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Space
Galaxy’s supermassive black hole is a cool neighbourhood for ice
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Space
Dust from asteroid mining spells danger for satellites
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Space
Stars throw out a lifetime’s waste carbon in just 1000 years
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