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We finally know when the first stars in the universe switched on
The most detailed observations of some of the most distant galaxies we have ever seen have revealed the timing of cosmic dawn, when the first stars began to shine
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Mysterious dimming of Betelgeuse was the result of star ejecting gas
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Impossibly huge black holes may have come from weird ancient stars
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Two giant icy balls in space could change our understanding of stars
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Neutron stars are remarkably smooth thanks to their intense gravity
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Physics
Physicists have measured an atom’s ‘neutron skin’ for the first time
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Cosmic census reveals 540 stars and planets in our neighbourhood
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Antimatter stars may lurk in the solar system鈥檚 neighbourhood
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Sun-like stars spotted ejecting huge bursts of matter into space
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We have spotted two planets orbiting a backwards-spinning star
In the K2-290 planetary system, 897 light years away, two planets orbit a star in one direction while the star itself spins roughly the opposite way
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Astronomers spot amazing six-star system with three sets of eclipses
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An Earth-like planet might orbit our closest single sun-like star
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How to spot the Winter (or Summer) Hexagon by locating its six stars
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White dwarfs seen eating the remnants of destroyed planets
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