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Hidden black hole could explain mystery at the heart of our galaxy

The area surrounding our galaxy鈥檚 central supermassive black hole contains three strangely different populations of stars 鈥� but one hidden black hole could explain all of them

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We may have seen a ‘dirty fireball’ star explosion for the first time

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We may have just glimpsed the universe’s first stars

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Shutterstock Asset ID: 2498498799 Supernova explosion in the center of the galaxy "Elements of this image furnished by NASA " Adobe stock asset ID 1571475694 Whippet

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Mystery ‘whippet’ space explosion is the brightest of its kind

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What is a galaxy? That’s a surprisingly difficult question to answer

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Our solar system is extremely weird: Best ideas of the century

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This is a false-color composite image of the Fomalhaut System taken with the Hubble telescope's Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph (STIS) instrument in 2010 and 2012. The black circle at the center of the image blocks out the light from the bright star, allowing reflected light from the belt and planet to be photographed.

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Two asteroids crashed around a nearby star, solving a cosmic mystery

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artist's concept of what exoplanet PSR J2322-2650b may look like

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Strange lemon-shaped exoplanet defies the rules of planet formation

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SNR 0519, the remnant of a supernova that exploded about 600 years ago

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Earth and solar system may have been shaped by nearby exploding star

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Supermassive dark matter stars may be lurking in the early universe

Stars powered by dark matter instead of nuclear fusion could solve several mysteries of the early universe, and we may have spotted the first hints that they are real

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Astronomers may have glimpsed evidence of the biggest stars ever seen

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Mystery deepens as isolated galaxy forms stars with no obvious fuel

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Huge cloud of plasma belched out by star 130 light years away

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Brightest black hole flare ever caused by huge star being ripped apart

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