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cosmology

An artistic impression of the path of two black holes as they spiral towards each other

Space

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

We’ve now seen enough gravitation waves to start wondering about the formation of the binary black holes that cause the signals when they spiral in and collide

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Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko

Space

I smelled comet 67P's deadly pong and lived to tell the tale

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Find exomoons by watching how they warp their planet's light

Space

Find exomoons by watching how they warp their planet's light

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Image of a simulated black hole merger

Space

Nearly naked black hole lost its 'clothes' to a gravity rip tide

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dark energy

Space

Dark energy must die – these rebel physicists can take it down

Features

M80 - a globular star cluster in the Milky Way

Space

Black hole pairs spat out of mosh pits make gravitational waves

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cosmic expansion

Space

Ghostly neutrino could be behind cosmic expansion mystery

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picture of Elon Musk

Technology

Is Elon Musk right, are we really living in a simulated cosmos?

Comment

The star RS Puppis, which varies in brightness

Space

Why is the universe expanding 9 per cent faster than we thought?

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solar system

Space

Your explosive guide to the end of the universe

Our sun will swell, our galaxy will collide with its neighbour and the universe could suddenly be swallowed by a vacuum bubble

Features

Physics

The bold, brilliant woman who championed Newton's physics

Features

Space

Tadpole galaxy spawns stars after eating invisible gas cloud

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Space

Time capsule galaxy can help probe conditions after the big bang

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Space

Cannibal stars explode violently – as predicted by Darwin's son

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