Space
Hunting for scraps from galactic cannibal feasts
Tidal streams 鈥� torn-up remains of other galaxies 鈥� were first found around the Milky Way. Now astronomers aim to see how common they are elsewhere
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Physics
Big bang, part 2: the second inflation
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Life
Did exploding stars shatter life’s mirror?
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Physics
Baffling quasar alignment hints at cosmic strings
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Space
Is Halley’s comet an alien interloper?
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Space
Warped stars feed black holes to fatten them up
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Space
Bubble-blowing black holes explain stellar dearth
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Space
When black holes go rogue, they kill galaxies
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Space
Happy birthday, Hubble 鈥� is your best yet to come?
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Dark matter may give neutron stars black hearts
One theory of dark matter suggests it could gather in neutron stars and collapse into a black hole
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Space
Mysterious radio waves emitted from nearby galaxy
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Space
‘Dark sun’ is one of our nearest neighbours
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Earth
Wonder lust: Dark sky parks
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Physics
Time waits for no quasar 鈥� even though it should
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