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Elements from the universe’s earliest stars gave birth to our sun

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Elements from the universe’s earliest stars gave birth to our sun

It is easy to regard the sun as humdrum, yet it contains elements blasted from the universe’s first stars as they died and is halfway through its 9-billion-year lifespan

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How many planets have been discovered?

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How many planets have been discovered?

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Alien civilisations could move their star to avoid a cosmic disaster

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Is there another planet in the universe just like Earth?

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Is there another planet in the universe just like Earth?

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Sectioned fragment from an iron meteorite that caused the Odessa crater in Texas, US, about 50,000 years ago

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The Sirens of Mars review: Inside the hunt for life on the Red Planet

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The Sirens of Mars review: Inside the hunt for life on the Red Planet

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Some hot giant planets get larger as they are heated by their stars

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Some hot giant planets get larger as they are heated by their stars

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Exotic fifth state of matter made on the International Space Station

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Exotic fifth state of matter made on the International Space Station

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Einsteins Unfinished Revolution

10 of the best non-fiction science books to read right now

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Bored in lockdown? Try a guide to the science of this familiar state

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Bored in lockdown? Try a guide to the science of this familiar state

Many people are experiencing boredom during lockdown. Book Out of My Skull brings together decades of research on this familiar yet elusive feeling, writes Elle Hunt

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Why the universe I invented is right – but still not the final answer

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NASA and SpaceX launch astronauts into new era of private spaceflight

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The Milky Way may have been shrunk down by ancient magnetic fields

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