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A guide to cosmic fireworks, from stellar flares to black-hole beacons

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A guide to cosmic fireworks, from stellar flares to black-hole beacons

Far from serene, the night sky is a riot of spectacular bangs and flashes that reveal the universe at its most extreme. Here, an astronomer explains the explosive physics behind them and what they tell us

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The most distant individual star ever seen may actually be two stars

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The Luna 25 mission ahead of launch

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Russia chases former Soviet glory with Luna 25 moon mission

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Mother-daughter pair Keisha Schahaff and Anastatia Mayers from Antigua and Barbuda, and Jon Goodwin, a former Olympic canoeist from the UK, passengers on Virgin Galactic-02

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Virgin Galactic launched its first space tourists

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What would really happen if you landed on an asteroid?

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A lime green circle with an oblong purple ring around it in space

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The Ring Nebula glows green in a stunning new JWST image

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Aft Skirt Being Lowered into the Shuttle Gallery. From July 20, 2023 Space Shuttle Endeavour

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See the tricky logistics behind displaying the shuttle Endeavour

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Is it possible to drill a hole straight through a planet?

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The best new science fiction books of August 2023

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The best new science fiction books of August 2023

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An image from Euclid in infrared light taken to check that the instrument works as expected

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Euclid space telescope sends back amazing first images of the cosmos

The European Space Agency’s Euclid telescope launched on 1 July, and now it has delivered its first stunning pictures of stars and galaxies across the cosmos

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In Light-Years There's No Hurry review: Embracing a cosmic perspective

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Water seen in young planet system shows Earth may have always been wet

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Best science fiction films about space, according to an astrophysicist

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JWST may have spotted enormous stars powered by dark matter

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