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Exoplanets finally come into view
Two studies show the first direct images of planets outside our Solar System, including a three-planet system.

Controversy over telescope origin
Was the telescope invented in Spain, not in the Netherlands as popularly assumed?

Your pictures: solar eclipse
A total eclipse of the sun has plunged part of the northern hemisphere into shadow.

Memories of E3 past and present
Games industry veteran Margaret Robertson reflects on her experiences at E3.

Physics names winners and losers
UK physics and astronomy will spend nearly £2bn in the next three years, but some programmes face cuts.

BBC told to improve UK coverage
The BBC needs to improve its coverage of the UK's nations and regions in its main news bulletins, a report says.

UK astronomers on 'rollercoaster'
Britain is re-instated as a full Gemini Observatory member, giving it continued access to two major telescopes.

Astronomers given Gemini reprieve
UK astronomers are granted a temporary reprieve over their access to two of the world's finest telescopes.

Skies dim for British astronomers
Astronomy cuts mean UK scientists will no longer have direct access to an 8m-class telescope in the Northern Hemisphere.

Hubble peers into dark matter web
Astronomers reveal the effects of unseen dark matter as it tugs on galaxies in a crowded supercluster.

Tests begin on Canaries telescope
Tests on one of the world's largest optical telescopes have begun on the Canary Island of La Palma.

The intellectual ties that bind
Whatever the state of relations between London and Washington, Europe and the US should remember their long history of shared intellectual activity, championed chiefly by Albert Einstein, writes Lisa Jardine.

Hubble spots ring of dark matter
Astronomers find one of the best pieces of evidence yet for the existence of dark matter.

Spacecraft return 3D Sun pictures
Twin Nasa spacecraft capture 3D images that will aid the study of solar explosions capable of causing havoc on Earth.

Water detected on distant planet
Water has been detected for the first time in the atmosphere of a planet outside our Solar System.

Hubble makes 3D dark matter map
Astronomers map the cosmic & #34;scaffold & #34; of dark matter upon which stars and galaxies are assembled.

Spacecraft go to film Sun in 3D
Nasa launches two spacecraft that are expected to make the first three-dimensional movies of the Sun.

Team finds 'proof' of dark matter
US astronomers say they have found the first direct evidence of the mysterious stuff called dark matter.

Nasa's climate science 'in moth-balls'
As Nasa boosts its space exploration missions, its work on climate science is dwindling.

Planet shine 'to aid life search'
Telescope technologies are being developed that will probe the very faint light from distant planets for tell-tale signs of life.