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Maya astronomical tables found daubed on wall
For the first time archaeologists have found astronomical writings dating from the height of the Maya civilisation in the 9th century
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Seeking neutrino clues to missing supernovae
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Mysteriously dark Mars regions are made of glass
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Searching for the sun’s long-lost siblings
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Tides turn some habitable planets hellish
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Photon sieves make super-cheap space telescopes
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Galactic laser light show might lead us to aliens
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Outback to outer space: The world’s largest telescope
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Earthshine holds clues to exoplanet aliens
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Astrophile: ‘Missing link’ black hole is stress eater
Astrophile is our weekly column on curious cosmic objects, from the solar system to the far reaches of the multiverse
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Why ancient star clusters are all the same size
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Astrophile: Pinball planets get wild, deadly ride
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Tiny volcanic moon controls Jupiter’s auroras
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Fomalhaut’s giant exoplanet may be small lava world
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