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Pulsar

Space

We’ve found a pulsar spinning so slowly that it shouldn’t exist

Radio pulsars sweep beams of radiation across space like interstellar lighthouses as they spin, and now we’ve found one that breaks all the rules

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night sky

Space

Inside the stargazer's paradise where all outside lights are banned

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Jocelyn Bell Burnell wins $3m Breakthrough prize for pulsars discovery

Physics

Jocelyn Bell Burnell wins $3m Breakthrough prize for pulsars discovery

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A neutron star

Space

Neutron stars bend light so much we see their front and back at once

News

Explosive facelift left star looking much younger than its true age

Space

Explosive facelift left star looking much younger than its true age

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See the bright lights and spectacular colours of our shining universe

Space

See the bright lights and spectacular colours of our shining universe

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We've just seen a huge space explosion and don't know what it is

Space

We've just seen a huge space explosion and don't know what it is

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The Milky Way has devoured 15 other galaxies since it formed

Space

The Milky Way has devoured 15 other galaxies since it formed

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Silhoutted person looking at stars

Space

I'm working on a universal language to let us speak to aliens

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The Tarantula Nebula

Space

See a cosmic spider caught spinning up brand new stars

Astronomers have use the VLT Survey Telescope to snap the sharpest ever picture of the Tarantula Nebula, the brightest star-forming region in our galactic neighbourhood

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Space

Clouds of plasma let us zoom in on weird flashes from space

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Space

Some of the universe's first stars have actually been seen

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Space

Mystery of the cosmic dawn: What’s eating the first starlight?

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Space

The neon swirls that show how a map of our galaxy is made

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