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An artist's rendering of hot Jupiter exoplanet KELT-9b, the hottest known exoplanet. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech

Hottest exoplanet discovered causes molecular hydrogen meltdown

A view of the centre of the Milky Way by the Very Large Telescope. Credit ESO/Nogueras-Lara et al.

Eye On The Sky Very Large Telescope views the centre of the Milky Way

Image of Pluto taken by New Horizons

Radio Astronomy Podcast Pluto at 90: how Clyde Tombaugh discovered a new world

Perseus Molecular Cloud. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech

Spitzer captures the Perseus Molecular Cloud

Once the 9th planet in the Solar System, Pluto is now classified as a Kuiper Belt Object. Credit: NASA/JHUAPL/SwRI

Why Pluto is no longer a planet: the rise and fall of a Kuiper Belt Object

Aurora over Lough Neagh. Credit: Stephen Wallace/ Hibernia Landscapes

What causes the different shapes and colours of the aurora?

CO2 in Enceladus’s ocean may be controlled by chemical reactions at the seafloor, according to new research. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech

Saturn’s moon Enceladus: interior could be more complex than initially thought

The Moon’s limb, imaged by the Apollo 10 astronauts in 1969. The largest crater in the picture, upper right, is called Keeler. From features like its terraced walls, scientists have deduced a violent history of meteorite impacts. Credit: NASA/ISC

A complete guide to the Moon

Clyde Tombaugh pictured at a Zeiss Blink Comparator, a machine used in the discovery of Pluto. Credit: Lowell Observatory Archives

Astronomers you should know Clyde Tombaugh

Scientists are watching pulsars carefully to detect the rippling fabric of the cosmos. Credit: dani3315/iStock/Getty Images

Searching for gravitational waves from supermassive black holes

What type of life could there be on an exoplanet? Credit: MPRIV/iStock/Getty Images

Could an exoplanet’s atmosphere indicate the presence of life?

Autumn sees the return of Orion to the night sky. Credit: Bernhard Hubl / CCDGuide.com

Gravitational waves detected in same area of sky as Betelgeuse

NASA’s MESSENGER mission monitored Mercury’s magnetic fields, revealing they flowed down (blue) and up (red). Credit: NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Carnegie Institution of Washington

Understanding Mercury’s magnetic poles

An image of Venus created using data from NASA's Magellan spacecraft and Pioneer Venus Orbiter. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech

Facts about the planet Venus

Orion A molecular cloud. Credit: ESA/Herschel/Planck; J. D. Soler, MPIA

Eye On The Sky A cosmic cloud full of star-making material