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Image of cat with a shadow of a cat's skeleton

Physics

Cosmic uncertainty: Your skull is an amazing physics lab

Some of the greatest breakthroughs have happened in thought experiments – and they're still the only way to play with black holes, says physicist Sean Carroll

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Globular cluster 47 Tucanae

Space

Rare mid-weight black hole found at heart of bright star cluster

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The LIGO detector site in Livingston, Louisiana

Space

Gravitational wave detector prepares to peer into bizarre stars

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Plasma tidal wave may tell us if black holes destroy information

Space

Plasma tidal wave may tell us if black holes destroy information

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Artwork depicting conventional black hole with brightly coloured matter swirling around it

Physics

Exotic black holes caught turning into a superfluid

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One spherical object being ejected by a larger one

Space

Milky Way's core could be spewing out planet-sized star chunks

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Galaxy NGC5128, taken by the Chandra X-Ray Observatory

Space

Mystery cosmic objects light up in X-ray then go dim in an hour

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Space

Robot eyes are catching up with our exploding cosmos

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Supernova extraordinaire might actually be a black hole's lunch

Space

Supernova extraordinaire might actually be a black hole's lunch

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A field of bright dots

Space

Star arrangement that hid for a decade spotted at galaxy’s heart

A dense cluster of stars orbiting the black hole at the centre of the Milky Way has played hide-and-seek with astronomers for years – now we've finally seen it

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Space

First glimpse of a black hole being born from a star’s remains

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Space

Black hole made in the lab shows signs of quantum entanglement

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Space

Have black holes hurled half the universe into the wilderness?

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Space

LIGO black hole pair may be stars that lived and died together

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