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The best view of the stars from Earth is on a hill in Antarctica

The best place on Earth from which to look at the night sky is a hill of ice in Antarctica – a telescope built there could take clearer images than could happen anywhere else

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Launch of the James Webb Space Telescope delayed again due to covid-19

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Launch of the James Webb Space Telescope delayed again due to covid-19

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How many planets have been discovered?

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How many planets have been discovered?

The atmosphere gets in the way of the universe’s most amazing objects

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The atmosphere gets in the way of the universe’s most amazing objects

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Starlink launch January 29 2020

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Legal action could be used to stop Starlink affecting telescope images

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A star exploded into a supernova but it weirdly isn't very bright

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A star exploded into a supernova but it weirdly isn't very bright

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Jill Tarter

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Jill Tarter: The hunt for alien life is only just beginning

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CHEOPS artist's impression

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ESA is about to launch a space telescope to study how planets are made

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The world’s biggest telescope and the African astronomy revolution

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The world’s biggest telescope and the African astronomy revolution

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MeerKat telescope

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A perfect MeerKAT moment as the sun breaks through above the telescope

This remarkable image captures the moment the sun shone on MeerKAT, the South Africa-based test bed for the Square Kilometre Array, the world’s most powerful telescope

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The space shuttle

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Hubble Space Telescope

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Fast radio bursts: We're finally decoding messages from deep space

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Everything you need to know about the first black hole image

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