Space
Strange radio signals reveal the matter hiding between galaxies
One space mystery has helped solve another, with the discovery that strange space signals called fast radio bursts can help pin down the universe鈥檚 missing matter
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The sun may have formed because a small galaxy passed by the Milky Way
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Space
We’ve found the oldest ever galaxy that looks like our own
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Space
Strange ‘space cow’ explosion may have been the birth of a black hole
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Our galaxy鈥檚 huge black hole may have created organic molecules
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Space
Figuring out what the Milky Way looks like is akin to a murder mystery
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A single star has let us put a date on our galaxy鈥檚 last cosmic meal
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Physics
Massive simulation of the universe shows how galaxies form and die
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Physics
Why dark matter’s no-show could mean a big bang rethink
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We’ve had our best glimpse of a web of matter that spans the universe
A vast spider web of matter is thought to stretch across the universe. Now astronomers have seen its filaments between several galaxies for the first time
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Andromeda galaxy ate several dwarf galaxies in two-course lunch
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Weird galaxies suggest our best understanding of the cosmos is wrong
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Does alien life have to look like us? Or even be intelligent?
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There is a pair of weird, gigantic bubbles at the centre of our galaxy
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