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How Much Does the Milky Way Weigh?
By David Reneke
How much does the Milky Way weigh?
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A Habitable Planet May Be Just Around The Corner
By David Reneke
Astronomers have discovered the closest habitable planet outside our solar system, and discovered one of the biggest black holes ever.
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CSIRO Technology behind World’s Largest Telescope
By David Reneke
CSIRO technology is behind the world’s largest single dish radio telescope, and astronomers have found a peanut-shaped galaxy.
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A “Baby Earth” in the Making
Astronomers may have seen a “baby Earth” forming, and have found that Saturn’s moons may be younger than the dinosaurs.
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A New Spin on Star-Forming Galaxies
By Dave Reneke
Astronomers calculate that black holes at the heart of galaxies could swell to 50 billion times the mass of the Sun, and determine why some galaxies are “clumpy” rather than spiral in shape.
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Most Earth-Like Worlds Are Unborn
An artist's impression of innumerable Earth-like planets that have yet to be born over the next trillion years in the evolving universe. Credit: ESA/NASA
Astronomers have peered behind the Milky Way and determined that 92% of habitable planets have not yet been born.
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A Milestone in Predicting Solar Flares
By Dave Reneke
A milestone in predicting solar flares, and the discovery of a global ocean on Saturn’s moon Enceladus.
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Pulsar Glitches Help to Weigh a Star
By Dave Reneke
Pulsar glitches help to weigh a star, and Jupiter’s Great Red Spot is shrinking.
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Regional Processes Led to Huge Martian Floods
By David Reneke
Regional processes led to huge Martian floods, and interstellar seeds could have created oases of life throughout the universe.
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A Village on the Moon
By Dave Reneke
The ESA wants to build a Moon base, and the search for ET scales up
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