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Tadpole galaxy spawns stars after eating invisible gas cloud
New Hubble observations suggest a nearby tadpole galaxy collided with a gas cloud and started to grow 鈥� the same thing may have happened to the Milky Way
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Cannibal stars explode violently 鈥� as predicted by Darwin’s son
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The diehards who survey the sky from a backyard shed
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Trio of Earth-sized planets around nearby star could reveal life
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See a cosmic spider as it entices a nearby galaxy
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Milky Way’s nearest galaxies may be new to the neighbourhood
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Billionaire pledges $100m to send spaceships to Alpha Centauri
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Our galaxy’s impossible collision could break gravity
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Galactic collisions doom entire star systems to black-hole death
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Ageing Milky Way stopped making stars before it ran out of gas
Our galaxy suddenly stopped forming new stars 8 billion years ago even though it still has fuel left, calling into question our grip on galactic life cycles
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Binary stars burned off cosmic fog and made universe transparent
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Long-lost stellar siblings probe the Milky Way’s violent history
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Galactic GPS: How dead stars will guide us in deep space
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Milky Way’s central bar stirs in stars like a candy floss mixer
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