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White dwarfs merging

Space

Weird star was born when two white dwarfs merged instead of blowing up

White dwarf stars are common in the galaxy, but astronomers have found one that doesn't seem to obey the rules. They think it was born when two smaller white dwarfs merged together

News

A wobbling star may explain pattern of weird radio signals from space

Space

A wobbling star may explain pattern of weird radio signals from space

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A star exploded into a supernova but it weirdly isn't very bright

Space

A star exploded into a supernova but it weirdly isn't very bright

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Two stars with an odd wobble are stretching space and time around them

Space

Two stars with an odd wobble are stretching space and time around them

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The best picture ever taken of the sun reveals its bizarre surface

Space

The best picture ever taken of the sun reveals its bizarre surface

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A man gazes at the Milky Way

Space

Figuring out what the Milky Way looks like is akin to a murder mystery

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SN2006 GY

Space

Mysteriously bright supernova may have smashed up a huge gas cloud

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Scholars in Baghdad

Space

A Scheme of Heaven reveals what scientists can learn from astrology

Culture

Weird dust balls seen impossibly close to our galaxy’s huge black hole

Space

Weird dust balls seen impossibly close to our galaxy’s huge black hole

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The Milky Way

Space

A single star has let us put a date on our galaxy’s last cosmic meal

The Milky Way ate another galaxy called Gaia-Enceladus, and the waves passing through a star have shown us that it happened at most 11.6 billion years ago

News

Space

Two stars colliding in 2083 will outshine all the others in the sky

News

Space

A spotter's guide to the Milky Way's most badly behaved stars

Features

Video

The world’s biggest telescope and the African astronomy revolution

Video

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The search for aliens: Is anybody out there?

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