Space
Bizarre supernova may be powered by hidden disc of dust and gas
A supernova that stayed bright for over three years seemed impossible, but it could be explained if the explosion is running into dense rings of dust and gas
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The usual way of hunting dark matter may be all wrong
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Weird tiny galaxies found hiding in Hubble鈥檚 Ultra Deep Field
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Giant star smash-up may have made the biggest neutron star ever
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Environment
Enceladus鈥檚 hot, gritty core may cook up ingredients for life
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Physics
Why Hawking’s PhD thesis is now an internet-breaking inspiration
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We now know more on the origins of weird duck-shaped comet 67P
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Boiling water on Mars could make the planet’s sand levitate
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We may have just seen the first comet from another solar system
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A 300-kilometre space rock has vanished since we saw it in 1995
Astrophile is聽Joshua Sokol's monthly column on curious cosmic objects, from the solar system to the far reaches of the multiverse
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The 5 biggest discoveries from the hunt for gravitational waves
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Astronaut wee could show us how the plumes on Enceladus work
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A gaggle of 7 moons keep Saturn鈥檚 rings from breaking apart
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Distant dwarf planet near Pluto has a ring that no one expected
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