Physics
Vibrating stars could reveal elusive ripples in space-time
Stars vibrate like musical instruments, a property that tells us about their insides 鈥� and that could reveal gigantic gravitational waves
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Space
Pluto looms large, a day before New Horizons’s closest approach
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Space
Hoped-for dark matter flash might instead be the corpses of stars
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Physics
Misbehaving pulsar’s sudden slow-down may teach us how they tick
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Space
Galaxy’s supermassive black hole is a cool neighbourhood for ice
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Rainbow X-ray echoes pinpoint faraway neutron star
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Earth
Construction resumes on Hawaii’s Thirty Meter Telescope
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Space
Don’t fear apocalyptic asteroids: you’re safer than you think
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Grand Theft Sedna: how the sun might have stolen a mini-planet
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Space
Supernova prized by astronomers begins to fade from view
A stellar explosion known as SN 1987A is a favourite among astronomers as it is one of the closest to Earth, but it is now disappearing
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Space
Sunlight could whip up water to slake lunar settlers’ thirst
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Giant telescope in Hawaii gets go-ahead, if others shut down
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Space
Pluto’s strange family of moons are locked in a mysterious waltz
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Giant telescope in Hawaii gets go-ahead, if others shut down
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