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A weird star just rapidly dimmed for a few days and we don't know why

A star that’s been totally calm for at least five years just suddenly dimmed by 70 per cent over two days, and it doesn’t quite fit any of our explanations

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Tana Joseph

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Tana Joseph: The Hubble Space Telescope hooked me on science

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The sun

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The young sun spun slowly, which could explain why we are here

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Proxima b

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Our nearest neighbour Proxima Centauri may host a second exoplanet

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Pulsar

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Stunning picture shows dead star racing away from a massive explosion

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Four stars full of burnt nuclear ash are speeding through the galaxy

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Four stars full of burnt nuclear ash are speeding through the galaxy

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Weird star system has double binary stars and wonky planetary nursery

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Weird star system has double binary stars and wonky planetary nursery

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Astronomers have seen dying stars slowly crystallise and turn solid

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Astronomers have seen dying stars slowly crystallise and turn solid

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Earth may be made up of rocks blasted by gusts of solar wind

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Earth may be made up of rocks blasted by gusts of solar wind

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We don’t need stars to navigate space - black holes work way better

If you want to find your way across the universe, forget using stars or GPS. The light from quasars billions of light years away can guide us and even help here on Earth

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Chamkaur Ghag: The hunt for dark matter

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Space

Epic history of light reveals the universe peaked 10 billion years ago

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Emma Chapman: The first stars in the universe

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Space

The Kepler spacecraft is dead but its planet-hunting legacy lives on

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