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Mystery of the cosmic dawn: What’s eating the first starlight?

A shoestring experiment in the Australian outback has seen the signal of the very first stars – and a weird effect astronomers are struggling to explain

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neon swirls

Space

The neon swirls that show how a map of our galaxy is made

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Far-off black hole appears to be shredding and devouring a star

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Far-off black hole appears to be shredding and devouring a star

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A star has been seen exploding faster than any other on record

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A star has been seen exploding faster than any other on record

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We’ve just spotted the brightest mystery radio burst from space

Space

We’ve just spotted the brightest mystery radio burst from space

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Centre of the Milky Way

Physics

Why 2018 is looking like it will be the year of the black hole

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NASA may lose a major space telescope and space station funding

Space

NASA may lose a major space telescope and space station funding

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Milky Way

Space

Suns and daughters: The family tree that may unite all the stars

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Galaxies

Space

Dancing galaxies may shake up our ideas of galaxy formation

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Oumuamua

Space

Interstellar: The bizarre visitor from a far-off solar system

First seen in October 2017, the space rock 'Oumuamua looks like a skyscraper tumbling through space – and challenges our ideas of how planetary systems form

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Space

Black holes are firing a triple-threat of speedy particles at us

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Deadly solar flares may have helped seed life on Mars and beyond

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Space

Stars that devour their planets get brighter and faster

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Space

Forgotten mountain shrine to a Soviet superstar of astrophysics

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