Check out the final moments of the comet chaser – in pictures
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Hot cocoon surrounding newborn star spotted for the first time
The discovery marks the first important step for observational studies of extragalactic hot molecular cores and challenges the hidden chemical diversity of our universe
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Low-mass Jupiter-like objects provide planetary formation clues
Astronomers can now better chart the way planetary systems, including our own Solar System, are born and change over time
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Mercury found to have active plate tectonics
New imagery shows geologic features that indicate the tiny planet is still contracting today, joining Earth as a tectonically active planet in our Solar System
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Possible water vapour plumes spotted erupting from Europa
Missions may be able to sample the Jupiter moon’s ocean without having to drill through miles of ice
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Astronomers find simple solution to complicated black hole merger
Physicists have demonstrated that what occurs on the space-time boundary of the two merging objects can be simply explained – at least when black holes collide
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Astronomers explore the “Golden Age” of the universe with ALMA
Scientists have explored the distant corner of the universe first revealed in the iconic images of the Hubble Ultra Deep Field
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Origins of comet’s ‘summer fireworks’ traced by Rosetta
In the three months centred around 67P’s closest approach to the Sun, the spacecraft’s cameras captured 34 outbursts
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Slooh astronomers capture newfound comet before it disappears
The icy object had been close to the Sun since its discovery on 11 September, making it extremely difficult to observe
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New Horizons Update: ‘Dead Sea’ ocean suspected under Pluto’s ‘heart’
A giant asteroid impact in the dwarf planet’s past offers new insights into the possibility of a 100-kilometre body of water beneath its surface
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Astronomers discover space ‘has no sense of direction’
The universe is expanding uniformly according to new research by astronomers at University College London
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New Saturn-mass exoplanet discovered around a pair of stars
NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has confirmed the existence of a planet orbiting the OGLE-2007-BLG-349 system
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Astronomers find ‘impossible’ frozen cloud on Titan
The puzzling appearance of an ice cloud on Saturn’s largest moon could possibly be similar to one seen over Earth’s poles
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Ancient Mars’ lakes formed much later than initially thought
Lakes and snowmelt-fed streams appeared roughly a billion years after a well-documented, earlier era of wet conditions
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Astronomers shed more light on Pluto’s heart-shaped ‘iceberg’
What is the origin of the large nitrogen glacier on Pluto revealed by NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft in 2015?
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Secrets of giant space blob uncovered by ALMA telescope
The true nature of a rare object in the distant universe has been revealed
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Astronomers see star being reborn in a nebula’s bright flash
Using the Hubble Space Telescope we’ve been able to study stellar evolution in real time
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Astronomers solve mystery behind how minor planets get their rings
A team of researchers has clarified the origin of the features recently discovered around two tiny worlds
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Starving black hole causes galaxy to dim
The mystery of a rare change in the behaviour of a supermassive black hole at the centre of a distant galaxy has been solved
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Hubble captures best ever view of comet breaking up
The sharpest, most detailed observations of a comet breaking apart 67 million miles from Earth has been captured