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Astrophile: Pinball planets get wild, deadly ride
Planets orbiting one star in a stellar pair could get bounced from star to star repeatedly ? until they fall into the great beyond
Anonymous eavesdrops on FBI conference call
The hacktivist group managed to a listen in on a call between the FBI and law enforcement officials from several different European countries
Today on New Scientist: 3 February 2012
All today's stories on newscientist.com, including: high time to welcome the friendly drones and malaria may kill far more people than we thought
Tiny volcanic moon controls Jupiter's auroras
Stuff spewed out of Io's hyperactive volcanoes make the rings of auroral light on Jupiter's poles grow and shrink
Friday Illusion: Rotating rings create phantom spiral
See how circles made up of tilted squares can warp your perception