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Astrophile: Glistening cloud acts as cosmic centimetre
Astrophile is our weekly column on curious cosmic objects, from the solar system to the far reaches of the multiverse
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Space
Astrophile: Super-bright supernova hints at dark lens
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Space
First exoplanet smaller than Mercury discovered
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Space
Astrophile: Evaporating planet shows how worlds vanish
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Runaway stars to fill in the blanks in Milky Way map
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Closest Earth-like planet may be 13 light years away
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Environment
Dung beetles navigate using the Milky Way
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A glittering introduction to the night sky
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Astrophile: Black hole exposed as a dwarf in disguise
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Life
How an ancient Egyptian code unmasked a cannibal star
Has a papyrus from the time of the pharaohs exposed the ghoulish habits of the baleful Demon Star?
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Mysterious star deaths are really mergers in disguise
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Physics
Space-time waves may be hiding in dead star pulses
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Physics
Astrophile: A baby solar system with big ambitions
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Astrophile: Born-again star faked its death scene
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