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World's most powerful telescope takes us to the edge of a black hole

On a desert mountain in Chile, a mega telescope is peering over the event horizon of a black hole – the aim is to test Einstein's theories to the limit

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A new dwarf planet called Farout is the most distant we’ve ever seen

Space

A new dwarf planet called Farout is the most distant we’ve ever seen

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Life

Don't miss: a game to make you suffer and a new post-apocalyptic film

Culture

artists impression of merging black holes

Space

LIGO found four more pairs of black holes, including the biggest yet

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Mystery “space cow” is a weird new type of powerful space explosion

Space

Mystery “space cow” is a weird new type of powerful space explosion

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An artist's conception illustrates a Jupiter-like planet alone in the dark of space, floating freely without a parent star

Space

Two new rogue planets that do not orbit stars have been discovered

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Emma Chapman: The first stars in the universe

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Emma Chapman: The first stars in the universe

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The Kepler spacecraft is dead but its planet-hunting legacy lives on

Space

The Kepler spacecraft is dead but its planet-hunting legacy lives on

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Space

Don't Miss: a dance in virtual space, playable painting and podcasts

Culture

Our best planet-hunting telescope has come to the end of its mission

Space

Our best planet-hunting telescope has come to the end of its mission

The Kepler Space Telescope has found thousands of planets beyond our solar system in the last decade. Now it has run out of fuel and will be turned off for good

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Space

7 explanations for why mysterious radio bursts are coming from space

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Comment

Let’s embrace the joy of moonmoons and more playful scientific terms

Leader

Space

The Sun review – a shiny blockbuster for London’s Science Museum

Culture

Space

We've spotted the shock wave from an invisible explosion in space

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