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Bubbles of gas 75 times larger than our sun spotted on another star

Gas bubbles on the surface of a star have been observed for the first time in detail outside our solar system, and they are 75 times the size of our sun

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The region around R Doradus

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Astronomers worried by launch of five new super-bright satellites

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Astronomers worried by launch of five new super-bright satellites

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Astronomers puzzled by little red galaxies that seem impossibly dense

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Dark matter could be hiding inside strange failed stars

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Our galaxy may host strange black holes born just after the big bang

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Starlink tests show how to save radio astronomy from satellites

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Astronomers might finally have explanation for mysterious Wow! signal

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A black hole devouring a giant star gives clues to a cosmic mystery

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HAHPK2 2016's Perseid meteor shower Above Spray Lake, Spray Valley Provincial Park - Kananaskis Country

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Get ready to watch the dazzling Perseid meteor shower in August

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This photograph shows the Submillimeter Telescope (SMT) at the Arizona Radio Observatory, at an altitude of 3100 metres on Mount Graham in Arizona, USA. https://www.eso.org/public/unitedkingdom/images/eso1229d/?lang

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The physicist who wants to build a telescope bigger than Earth

Alex Lupsasca plans to extend Earth's largest telescope network beyond the atmosphere with a space-based dish. It could spot part of a black hole we've never seen before – and perhaps discover new physics

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The protective bubble around the sun (yellow dot) and Earth (blue dot)

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Cosmic cloud exposed Earth to interstellar space 3 million years ago

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'Unluckiest star' may be trapped in deadly dance with a black hole

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Messier 78

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Amazing new images of galaxies and nebulae caught by Euclid telescope

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path of fast radio burst FRB 181112

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Mysterious space signals may come from a dead star with a planet

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