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LIGO’s third detection hints at how black hole binaries are born

Space

LIGO’s third detection hints at how black hole binaries are born

The latest signal from the gravitational wave detector backs up Einstein’s theory of general relativity and gives more clues on how black holes get their spin

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Life

Send an ear: Listening for sounds of life in the solar system

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New Zealand joins the space race with Electron rocket launch

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Old 51¶¯Âþ: Space travel? Waste of money

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E. coli colonies

Life

Floating in microgravity gives bacteria permanent genetic boost

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Rings and asteroids may explain ‘alien megastructure’ star

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Rings and asteroids may explain ‘alien megastructure’ star

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Strange cosmic radio burst pinned down to giant stellar nursery

Space

Strange cosmic radio burst pinned down to giant stellar nursery

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Space

First mission to the moon: The real lesson

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Tangoing pairs of hungry supermassive black holes grow in number

Space

Tangoing pairs of hungry supermassive black holes grow in number

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Space

Mouse sperm sent into space produces healthy IVF babies

The first experiment to test how space travel could affect mammals’ reproduction shows that pregnancy can smooth over DNA damage from cosmic radiation

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Space

Astronomers scramble as ‘alien megastructure’ star dims again

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Space

LIGO could detect gravitational waves’ permanent space-time warp

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Space

Titan’s riverbeds show a terrain built more like Mars than Earth

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Space

Plasma jet engines that could take you from the ground to space

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