Read article: Pluto relegated to dwarf status Telescopes and space missions Research update Pluto relegated to dwarf status Astronomers define ninth planet and its largest moon as double-dwarf system
Read article: Gravity lens reveals dark matter Telescopes and space missions Research update Gravity lens reveals dark matter Multiple observations of colliding galaxies provide evidence of dark matter
Read article: COBE team wins cosmology prize Telescopes and space missions Research update COBE team wins cosmology prize Astrophysicists honoured for their work on the cosmic microwave background
Telescopes and space missions Research update Galaxy survey fails to add up Californian astronomers are bewildered by strange anomaly in number of galaxies
Read article: Where did all the lithium go? Telescopes and space missions Research update Where did all the lithium go? Riddle over the universe's missing lithium could be solved
Read article: Giant “starshade” could reveal new exoplanets Telescopes and space missions Research update Giant “starshade” could reveal new exoplanets Blocking the light from a parent star with a plastic shield could let astronomers directly observe orbiting planets
Read article: New names for Pluto’s moons Telescopes and space missions Research update New names for Pluto’s moons Two small satellites have officially been christened Hydra and Nix
Read article: Chandra solves black hole mystery Telescopes and space missions Research update Chandra solves black hole mystery Measurements reveal that black holes suck in matter magnetically as well as gravitationally
Read article: Amateur astronomers prove their mettle Telescopes and space missions Research update Amateur astronomers prove their mettle A new extra-solar planet has been discovered with the help of a group of amateurs.
Read article: How Triton met Neptune Telescopes and space missions Research update How Triton met Neptune New model suggests Neptune's largest moon was originally part of a binary system
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