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Two giant icy balls in space could change our understanding of stars
A pair of mysterious, gigantic balls of frozen gas in the Milky Way have left astronomers puzzled, but they could be a sign we don鈥檛 fully understand how stars form
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Neutron stars are remarkably smooth thanks to their intense gravity
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Physicists have measured an atom’s ‘neutron skin’ for the first time
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Cosmic census reveals 540 stars and planets in our neighbourhood
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Antimatter stars may lurk in the solar system鈥檚 neighbourhood
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Sun-like stars spotted ejecting huge bursts of matter into space
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We have spotted two planets orbiting a backwards-spinning star
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Astronomers spot amazing six-star system with three sets of eclipses
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An Earth-like planet might orbit our closest single sun-like star
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How to spot the Winter (or Summer) Hexagon by locating its six stars
Six bright stars make up a pattern that looks like a hexagon or circle in the night sky from now until March. Here's how to spot them
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White dwarfs seen eating the remnants of destroyed planets
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Weird radio beam probably isn鈥檛 aliens but it鈥檚 the best candidate yet
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Repeated radio bursts from nearby star suggest such signals are common
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The Orion Nebula is now visible in the sky – here鈥檚 how to find it
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