'Hellish' exoplanet has Earth-like mass
Hellish home An Earth-sized planet far beyond our Solar System has been found to have a similar mass to our planet, say researchers engaged in the hu
RAVE study finds Milky Way moves like a dance crowd
Up and down Stars in the Milky Way move up and down like dancers in a mosh pit as they orbit the centre of the galaxy, an Australian study has found.
Hubble lens to get super boost from nature
Nature's power Astronomers are attempting to boost the imaging prowess of the Hubble Space Telescope by taking advantage of naturally occurring zoom
Astronomers find most distant galaxy yet
Oldest galaxy Astronomers have found the most distant galaxy yet, a discovery that pushes back scientists' view of the universe to about 700 million
Warped pulsars used to hunt for gravitational waves
Elusive waves Astronomers have known that inside the heart of every galaxy lurks a black hole, but little is known about how often they grow and coll
Biggest star is ripping itself apart
Death throes The biggest known star in the cosmos is in its death throes and will eventually explode, say astronomers.
Using a telescope at t
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