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When is a black hole not a black hole? When it’s a boson star

Space

When is a black hole not a black hole? When it’s a boson star

Astronomers are confident they know what the mysterious massive object at the Milky Way’s heart is – but our first direct view this year could bring a shock

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Didier Queloz

Space

Premier exoplanet hunter on finding the first alien world

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An artist's impression of Planet Ten

Space

Weird orbits hint 'Planet Ten' might lurk at solar system edge

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Astronomer looking through telescope

Space

Time to embrace our odd place in the cosmos, inside a huge void?

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Space

Spectrum wars: The battle for the airwaves

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two maps of heat maps of twin plants side by side

Space

Mistaken brown dwarf is actually two planets orbiting each other

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The hottest planet yet is twice Jupiter’s size and hot as a star

Space

The hottest planet yet is twice Jupiter’s size and hot as a star

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LIGO’s third detection hints at how black hole binaries are born

Space

LIGO’s third detection hints at how black hole binaries are born

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Weird energy beam seems to travel five times the speed of light

Space

Weird energy beam seems to travel five times the speed of light

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Astronomers scramble as ‘alien megastructure’ star dims again

Space

Astronomers scramble as ‘alien megastructure’ star dims again

Tabby’s star’s weird behaviour has been blamed on everything from asteroids to aliens. Now astronomers are racing to watch its dimming in action

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Space

LIGO could detect gravitational waves’ permanent space-time warp

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Space

Titan’s riverbeds show a terrain built more like Mars than Earth

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Space

Waves surge in opposite directions around Io's largest lava lake

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Space

Earth may have been born in a huge flare-up of the young sun

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