Astrophotography – readers’ pictures
A selection of images from the Physics World photo challenge
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Super-tornadoes spotted in the Sun
Giant swirls of gas could explain why the corona is so hot
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Privately funded spacecraft will look for dangerous asteroids
B612 Foundation wants to protect humanity from deadly collisions
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NuSTAR is in the sky
Successful launch for new high energy X-ray telescope
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World set for the 2012 transit of Venus
Ultra-rare astronomical event begins at 2200 h UTC on 5 June and will not be seen again until 2117
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Frequency combs to join the hunt for exoplanets
Method could help find Earth-sized bodies
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Square Kilometre Array organization opts for dual-site solution
South Africa and Australia to jointly host world's largest radio telescope
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Bow-shock no-show shocks astronomers
Sun is moving slower than we thought relative to interstellar space
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Astronomers lift the veil on hidden exoplanet
Discovery using transit-time variations is a first
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Quasars shine a new light on cosmic distances
New method correlates redshift of different quasars
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