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April 18, 2016

Water telescope’s first sky map shows flickering black holes

The High Altitude Water Cherenkov observatory has released its first map of the high-energy sky, catching pulsars, supernova remnants and blazars switching on and off

March 31, 2016

Long-term view of extreme cosmic burst challenges astronomers

Several years of observations from the afterglow of one of the most powerful explosions in the universe could upend the standard view of how these bursts work

March 22, 2016

Ceres surprises with water ice and colourful bright spots

NASA's Dawn spacecraft zoomed in on dwarf planet Ceres and found unexpected treasures hidden in its craters

March 21, 2016

Pluto may have hosted lakes and rivers of liquid nitrogen

Studying how the dwarf planet's climate changed over time shows it once had the right conditions for liquid to flow on its surface - and may still have buried lakes today

September 10, 2015

Pluto dazzles in first new images downloaded since July’s flyby

The New Horizons spacecraft has sent back fresh, stunning photos that it took of the distant icy world when it flew by on 14 July