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  This image shows the exoplanet WASP-12b - an alien world as black as fresh asphalt, orbiting a star like our Sun
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  This Hubble image shows RS Puppis, a type of variable star known as a Cepheid variable. As variable stars go, Cepheids have comparatively long periods — RS Puppis, for example, varies in brightness by almost a factor of five every 40 or so days.
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  Tapestry of Blazing Starbirth.....
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  In this new Hubble image two objects are clearly visible, shining brightly. When they were first discovered in 1979, they were thought to be separate objects
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  A clash among members of a famous galaxy quintet reveals an assortment of stars across a wide colour range, from young, blue stars to aging, red stars.
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  Nestled amongst the vast clouds of star-forming regions like this one lie potential clues about the formation of our own Solar System.