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Why our ‘freakish’ galaxy has got cosmologists seriously worried
In the grand club of galaxies, the Milky Way is increasingly looking like an outlier. This is a looming challenge for cosmology, says Geraint Lewis
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Giant black hole seen flickering on and off after galaxy snack
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Half the universe鈥檚 missing matter has just been finally found
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Spiralling galaxy arms spread oxygen around for future planets
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Hidden pockets of turbulent gas fuel stars in far-off galaxies
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Speedy white dwarf may have survived a rare type of supernova
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Jellyfish galaxies may feed black holes with their long tendrils
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Finding the first pulsar set my world spinning
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Half the atoms inside your body came from across the universe
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Time to embrace our odd place in the cosmos, inside a huge void?
Evidence is growing that our neck of the universe is a whole lot of nothing. This alluring idea could settle a cosmological bun fight, says Geraint Lewis
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Oldest dust ever spotted in the universe seen in distant galaxy
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The many-tentacled galaxy that could drive a physics revolution
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Cosmological ruler could help us get the measure of dark energy
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Dark matter took its time to wrap around early galaxies
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