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We've spotted the shock wave from an invisible explosion in space

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We've spotted the shock wave from an invisible explosion in space

For the first time, astronomers have spotted the shock wave from a powerful space explosion called a gamma ray burst without being able to see the burst itself

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Pulsar

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We’ve found a pulsar spinning so slowly that it shouldn’t exist

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night sky

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Inside the stargazer's paradise where all outside lights are banned

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Jocelyn Bell Burnell wins $3m Breakthrough prize for pulsars discovery

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Jocelyn Bell Burnell wins $3m Breakthrough prize for pulsars discovery

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A neutron star

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Neutron stars bend light so much we see their front and back at once

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Explosive facelift left star looking much younger than its true age

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Explosive facelift left star looking much younger than its true age

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See the bright lights and spectacular colours of our shining universe

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See the bright lights and spectacular colours of our shining universe

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We've just seen a huge space explosion and don't know what it is

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We've just seen a huge space explosion and don't know what it is

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The Milky Way has devoured 15 other galaxies since it formed

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The Milky Way has devoured 15 other galaxies since it formed

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Silhoutted person looking at stars

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I'm working on a universal language to let us speak to aliens

It's time to find a new way to speak across the stars, says Douglas Vakoch, head of METI, the body dedicated to messaging possible alien civilisations

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See a cosmic spider caught spinning up brand new stars

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Clouds of plasma let us zoom in on weird flashes from space

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Some of the universe's first stars have actually been seen

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

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