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cosmology

Cosmic doom

Physics

When will the universe end? Not for at least 2.8 billion years

Although catastrophe might be looming, data from nearby galaxies and supernovae suggest the cosmos needs to age quite a bit before that can happen

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reality

Space

Beyond experiment: Why the scientific method may be old hat

Features

LIGO

Space

India set to join hunt for gravitational waves with its own LIGO

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A person is silhouetted against a colourful diagram of gravitational waves

Space

Four big cosmology secrets gravitational waves could uncover

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black holes

What will gravitational waves tell us about the universe?

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A star-forming region in the Large Magellanic Cloud

Space

Long-lost stellar siblings probe the Milky Way's violent history

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Matthew Evans

Space

I was one of the first to know gravitational waves are real

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A computer model of the gravitational field around two black holes as they circle each other

Space

Revolution in physics as gravitational waves seen for first time

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LIGO artist's impression

Physics

Latest rumour of gravitational waves is probably true this time

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milky way

Space

Milky Way's central bar stirs in stars like a candy floss mixer

An oddball stream of stars orbiting the Milky Way can be explained by the chaos stirred up by a propeller-like bar – and could help us map the galaxy

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Earth

Record-breaking double star may be cannibalising itself

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Physics

A black hole's edge will burn you up if you try to escape

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Space

Mystery supernova could be fast-spinning magnetic star

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Space

Ancient quasars in distant galaxies caught switching on suddenly

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