Space
Double star may light up the sky as rare red nova in six years
New observations of a binary star in the constellation Cygnus suggest they may be in a death spiral and will soon collide and explode
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Mystery cosmic objects light up in X-ray then go dim in an hour
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Space is full of gigantic holes that are bigger than we expected
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How to iron out gravity’s creases in our map of the universe
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Giant hidden Jupiters may explain lonely planet systems
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Biggest radio telescope on Earth ready to receive alien signals
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Puffed-up exoplanets inflate with heat from their stars alone
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Mystery radio bursts may be pulsars bumping into asteroids
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World’s largest telescope array takes its deepest view yet
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Physics
Reality guide: Six problems physics can’t explain
From the dark energy ripping the cosmos apart to the part consciousness plays in creating reality, quantum physics and cosmology retain many mysteries
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Reality guide: The essential laws of cosmology
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Reality guide: The essential laws of quantum physics
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Reality guide: Six radical ideas to change physics
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Gaia’s new star map will also reveal asteroids and dark matter
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