Burrowing black holes devoured first stars from within
17 December 2008
The digested end-product of this cosmic feast could be the ancestors of the supermassive black holes that sit at the centre of galaxies like the Milky Way
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News review 2008: The best and worst of the year
17 December 2008
Our favourite stories of the year, and yours. Plus the silliest blunders
Milky Way's dimmest bulbs found
10 December 2008
An object that astronomers thought was a single brown dwarf is probably two dim ones instead – such faint objects may be quite common
Remains of devoured planet discovered
19 November 2008
The dusty remains of a distant planet show what happens to a gas giant if it survives a red giant explosion
Mysterious changes seen on distant dwarf planet
10 November 2008
The dwarf planet Eris's surface appears to have changed in the last few years, but it's not clear why
Satellite to study solar system's outer limits
17 October 2008
NASA's IBEX satellite is set to launch on Sunday - it will study atoms that bounce off the solar system's bubble-like boundary
Kuiper belt pair sets record for long-distance relationship
16 October 2008
Two objects in the outer solar system orbit each other at a distance of more than 100,000 km - the largest separation known in the region
Dwarf planet's body parts litter outer solar system
15 October 2008
The icy world Haumea has led a violent life – its body parts keep turning up in the distant Kuiper belt
Controversial dwarf planet finally named 'Haumea'
18 September 2008
Two groups have laid claim to the distant plutoid 2003 EL61, which has now been named after a Hawaiian fertility goddess
Astronomers image planet around Sun-like star
15 September 2008
A new image may be the first taken of a planet orbiting a star similar to the Sun – though like previous claims, this one may be contested
