Look! Up in the sky!
A travel guide to the Northern Lights reviewed by Tushna Commissariat
New class of ‘mini supernovae’ discovered
White-dwarf companion star might survive subsequent explosion
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Cold hydrogen molecules found on hot stars
Surprise discovery could improve our understanding of white dwarfs
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Another side of black holes
A book about the links between black holes, galaxy formation and the distribution of matter in the universe, reviewed by Kulvinder Singh Chadha
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Supernova origin of galactic cosmic rays confirmed
Characteristic signature of neutral-pion decay spotted
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Extremely bright supernovae may break the Chandrasekhar limit
High magnetic fields could let white dwarfs get bigger before exploding
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Searching for magnetic monopoles in polar rocks
Method advantageous for a range of monopole masses and charges
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The secret of life
David Jenkins and Oliver Kirsebom explore the mysterious nuclear energy level of carbon-12 that made life possible
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Carbon’s Hoyle state calculated at long last
Supercomputer simulates "bent state" crucial for nucleosynthesis
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Cool dust and baby stars
Steve Eales revels in the new view of the universe provided by the Herschel Space Observatory
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