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How to see the Lyrid meteor shower and when is the peak?

Caused by debris from a comet thought to originate in the Oort Cloud, the Lyrid meteor shower peaks this year on 22 April and is best viewed from the northern hemisphere, says Abigail Beall

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Eclipse chasers: Why NASA jets will pursue solar totality

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Eclipse chasers: Why NASA jets will pursue solar totality

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I might be an astrophysicist, but I'm still learning about stargazing

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Artist's impression of a super-Earth

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Planet caught in a gravitational 'tidal storm' is so hot that it glows

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One of NASA’s WB-57F research jets

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The ambitious plans to study the sun during April's solar eclipse

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Is the truth out there? Yes, but it doesn't involve aliens

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Is the truth out there? Yes, but it doesn't involve aliens

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2BERRPE Spring sky panorama with Milky Way and constellations at Dinosaur Provincial Park, Canada.

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How to spot the Spring Triangle as the equinox approaches

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Sleeping black hole is way more massive than it should be

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Huge set of galaxies is set to form largest cluster in known universe

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Famous supernova left a blazing hot neutron star at its centre

Observations from the James Webb Space Telescope have revealed that a nearby supernova researchers have been watching since it exploded in 1987 left behind a hot neutron star

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Monster black hole powers the brightest known object in the universe

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In a new era of astronomy, we're feeling for vibrations in space-time

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Northern Milky Way. Optical image of the Milky Way running through the northern constellations Cassiopeia, Perseus and Cepheus. North is at top. The Milky Way is the band of light crossing the sky formed from the millions of stars in the plane of our galaxy. Cassiopeia, the queen, is formed from the W of bright stars at centre right. Cepheus, the king, is at upper right. At lower right is the constellation Andromeda, the princess. At lower left is Perseus. These constellations represent a story from ancient Greek mythology in which Perseus rescued Andromeda, the daughter of Cepheus and Cassiopeia, from a monster.

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How to spot the constellations Perseus and Auriga

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Galaxy smash-ups may explain strange light from early universe

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