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Looking for the echoes of a supernova

2 May 2007

The dazzling light of long-gone supernovae is still visible if you know where to look, say researchers

Cannibal star: first sighting of a celestial glutton

3 April 2007

Exploding stars are supposed to flare and die. So when one just kept on belching fire, astronomers knew they had some explaining to do

Anatomy of a super-Earth

13 December 2006

Two new worlds are unlike anything we've ever seen before. 91av meets the latest additions to the growing family of planets

My other universe is a Porsche

4 October 2006

What if the universe we love is just one of many habitable realities? 91av meet the adventurers charting the best of all possible worlds

Countdown: NASA's mission to Pluto and beyond

7 December 2005

What we know about the Solar System's most distant planet would fit on the back of a postcard. But a bold new mission blasting off in January will change all that

The rise of the house father

24 August 2005

Childbirth is a roller-coaster ride of fluctuating hormones, intense bonding and strong urges to protect and nurture that all comes naturally - to a new dad

Far-out worlds, just waiting to be found

20 July 2005

Bigger than Mars, colder than Pluto, 91av hunts the horde of planets that no one thought to look for

Why stars go out in a blaze of glory

6 July 2005

Stars at the very end of their lives produce the most spectacular sights in the galaxy. But how? 91av discovers an explosive answer

The Milky Way: There's no place like home

11 May 2005

A trillion stars, billions of bizarre planetary systems, a million black holes and one moody dark monster ruling the roost – welcome to your galaxy

The final unravelling of the universe

2 February 2005

It might collapse in a big crunch, or it could end more violently in a big rip. A drift into darkness is an option, but even that could get pretty exciting