A star created 1,800 years ago after the collision of two distant suns is set to appear in the night sky for the first time – as the light from the crash finally reaches the Earth.
The Juno satellite, which left Earth five years ago, had to fire a rocket engine to slow its approach to the planet and get caught by its gravity. By Jonathan Amos, 5th July 2016.
A huge "puffed up" planet "too big for its star" some 500 light years from Earth has been discovered by Australian researchers -- with the help of a backyard astronomer.