Decision time looms for giant telescope
Big decision The location of a huge radio telescope strong enough to detect extraterrestrial life in the far reaches of the universe could be announc
Burning planet leaves dust in its wake
Dust to dust Astronomers have for the first time, found a rocky planet that's slowly being vapourised by the blistering heat of the star it's orbitin
'Ring of fire' eclipse dims northern skies
Astronomical wonder A rare astronomical event dimmed the skies over parts of Asia and North America, briefly turning the Sun into a blazing ring of f
Superflares found on Sun-like stars
Super storms Scientists have found superflares more than 1 million times more powerful than flares generated by the Sun occurring on stars being stud
Free-floating planets could harbour life
Noah's arks Our galaxy could have as many as a hundred thousand billion life-carrying Earth-sized planets floating between the stars, according to a
Vesta a baby planet, not an asteroid
In the making Vesta, the second largest object in the main asteroid belt, has an iron core, a varied surface, layers of rock and possibly a magnetic
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