Physics
Star twinkles could help pin down planet sizes
The amount a star flickers has been tied to its size, thanks to data mined from the now crippled Kepler space telescope
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Astrophile: Elderly couple kicked out of the galaxy
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Milky Way galaxy is even lighter than thought
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Firework view flaunts Perseid meteors’ illusory origin
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Giant clouds of lead glimpsed on distant dwarf stars
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Astrophile: Rhythmic dance helps star lovers mature
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Holiday reading: The dark glamour of astronomy
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Black hole feasting may help crack four cosmic puzzles
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Life
New play shines light across time on women astronomers
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Astrophile: Searing hot exoplanet is an unearthly blue
Astrophile is our weekly column on curious cosmic objects, from the solar system to the far reaches of the multiverse
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Astrophile: Searing hot exoplanet is an unearthly blue
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Sun’s cosmic ray shadow is solar storm predictor
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UK proposes piggy-backing to search for alien signals
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Mystery radio bursts blamed on black hole ‘blitzars’
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