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NASA spots Earth-sized rocky planet
A small, Earth-like rocky planet has been discovered orbiting the Kepler-10 star, 560 light-years away.
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Top 10 news stories of 2010
From dwarf planets to drunken parrots, relive the year that was through our most read news articles.
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Cosmic murder created Saturn’s rings
The death throes of a nascent moon of Saturn may have created the gas giant’s rings.
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Exploding star recorded in Aboriginal Dreamtime
Aboriginal Australians recorded an eruption of a bright star 150 years ago and wove it into their Dreamtime stories.
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Mini black holes reveal their true power
An Australian telescope is helping rewrite the physics of black holes by studying a miniature one.
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Giant asteroid impact found in Aussie outback
Evidence of what may be Australia’s second largest impact crater has turned up on the Queensland-SA border.
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‘Extinct’ galaxy stuns astronomers
A galaxy thought only to exist at the beginning of the Universe has been discovered by Australian scientists.
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Buzz Aldrin endorses new US space vision
Buzz Aldrin, guest of honour at the AG Society awards, endorses Obama’s new plans for space exploration.
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Ozone layer on the mend, says report
The ozone hole is sealing up faster than expected, but will not disappear until 2045 at the earliest.
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Pluto gets 14 new neighbours
By searching through old photos, astronomers have discovered 14 new space objects orbiting near Pluto.