Space
We’ve found the oldest ever galaxy that looks like our own
A galaxy made up of a rotating disc of dust and stars has been spotted just 1.5 billion years after the big bang, which changes our view of how these vast objects form
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Space
Strange ‘space cow’ explosion may have been the birth of a black hole
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Space
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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Space
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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Space
We’ve had our best glimpse of a web of matter that spans the universe
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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
We have found two weird galaxies that either have no dark matter or are travelling insanely fast. Our best models of the cosmos can't explain how they exist
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Space
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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Earth
Radioactive dust in Antarctic ice could help map interstellar clouds
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Space
Milky Way’s black hole has got 75 times brighter and we don’t know why
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