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See the dazzling images that won Astronomy Photographer of the Year
Stunning pictures of nebulae, stars, the moon and more took top prizes in this year's astrophotography competition, organised by the Royal Observatory in London
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The most breathtaking photos of the total solar eclipse
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If this brilliant cosmic horror show passed you by, rectify that now
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Jupiter鈥檚 deepest mysteries were hidden in shadow. Now we can see them
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We鈥檝e found the best example yet of an enormous wandering black hole
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Maya mathematician’s name decoded alongside astronomical formula
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The most detailed survey of the universe ever conducted starts now
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We may have finally solved cosmology’s chicken-or-the-egg problem
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Hundreds of new moons are revealing our solar system’s violent history
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A cosmic case of mistaken identity that can only be solved right now
Brown dwarfs are somewhere between the size of a planet and a star, so how could we have potentially mistaken two of them for distant galaxies? Columnist Chanda Prescod-Weinstein argues that solving this cosmic mix-up is particularly possible now, as galaxy research has never been stronger
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How the electromagnetic spectrum opened our eyes to the universe
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Millions of planets might form around supermassive black holes
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Tiny frozen world unexpectedly appears to have an atmosphere
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Largest ever map of universe captures 47 million galaxies and quasars
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