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Identity-crisis comet may really be closest asteroid to the sun

Space

Identity-crisis comet may really be closest asteroid to the sun

Observations of a supposed comet that skirts close to the sun reveal it doesn't really act like one – so may be a different kind of space rock altogether

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Unnamed dwarf planet may be third largest in the solar system

Space

Unnamed dwarf planet may be third largest in the solar system

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amateur astronomer in observatory

Space

The diehards who survey the sky from a backyard shed

Regulars

Kepler doubles exoplanet population with 1284 new planets

Space

Kepler doubles exoplanet population with 1284 new planets

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Graph showing the gravitational wave signal from LIGO

Space

Gravitational waves: Your cheat sheet on the find of the decade

Features

Colourful topographic map of Mercury

Space

First global Mercury map shows its hills and valleys in detail

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Artist's impression of trappist-1 exoplanet system

Space

New exoplanet trio may have been dried out by fiery young star

News

Totality by Katie Paterson

Syzygy exhibition squeezes cosmic wonders into everyday objects

Culture

Trio of Earth-sized planets around nearby star could reveal life

Space

Trio of Earth-sized planets around nearby star could reveal life

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Artist's imression of Hitomi

Space

Japanese satellite's death spiral linked to software malfunction

The Hitomi X-ray space telescope has failed just months after its launch, leaving astronomers hoping to glimpse black holes devastated

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Space

Milky Way's nearest galaxies may be new to the neighbourhood

News

Space

Never-before-seen moon spotted around dwarf planet Makemake

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Space

Water telescope’s first sky map shows flickering black holes

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Space

Planet Nine might be an exoplanet stolen by the sun

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