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Radio telescopes

Space

Cosmic radio bursts tracked to home galaxy for first time

One repeating example of a fast radio burst has finally been pinned down to a tiny and distant dwarf galaxy, narrowing down its precise origin

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The Galactic Centre and Sagittarius B2 as seen by the ATLASGAL survey

Space

Giant ball of gas is a totally stinky galactic chemistry lab

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Virgo cluster of galaxies

Space

Galaxy's rapid growth spurt may have spawned 3000 suns per year

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Space

The universe lines up along the 'axis of evil'. Coincidence?

Features

A diagram showing the location of the Boötes Void in the sky

Space

Space is full of gigantic holes that are bigger than we expected

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Space

How to iron out gravity's creases in our map of the universe

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NASA astronaut Reid Wiseman captured this image from the International Space Station and posted it to social media on Sept. 28, 2014, writing,

Space

Super-dim galaxy may be one of hundreds orbiting the Milky Way

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The Large Magellanic Cloud

Space

Milky Way's baby brother caught copying its star shredding habit

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Our home spiral arm in the Milky Way is less wimpy than thought

Space

Our home spiral arm in the Milky Way is less wimpy than thought

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The warps in space that make Einstein's perfect cosmic accident

Space

The warps in space that make Einstein's perfect cosmic accident

Warped gravitational lenses predicted by Einstein are some of the most beautiful – and useful – objects in the sky. We've seen a few dozen, but which is the most perfect?

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Space

Kamikaze galaxy explodes after diving into the Milky Way 

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Space

Gaia’s map of 1 billion stars is the clearest view of our galaxy

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Space

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

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Space

Ghost galaxy is 99.99 per cent dark matter with almost no stars

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