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Star swallows planet in first glimpse of Earth’s probable end
The star, which is similar to the sun, engulfed the planet over a period of around 100 days
Set course for the heart of the Sun
They promise the earth and never deliver, but sometimes the world’s leaders give us the sun, the moon and the stars
NASA launches historic probe to ‘touch sun’
The unmanned spacecraft’s mission is to get closer than any human-made object ever to the centre of our solar system
Africa awash in sunlight, but not solar energy
From household solar panels to thermal generators, sun power has enjoyed explosive growth around the world. Everywhere, that is, except in Africa.
Astronomers find batch of ‘super-Earths’
European researchers said on Monday they discovered a batch of three ”super-Earths” orbiting a nearby star.