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Odds on: Five scientific theories decided by wager

From the existence of black holes to the reality of climate change, over the years some big questions have been the subject of bets, finds Michael Brooks

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Artist's impression of neutron star in binary object

Space

Neutron stars that slow down could be eating 'backwards' gas

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Space

Volunteers spot four super-Earths orbiting sun-like star

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Space

New approach to dark energy might explain our cooling universe

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Space

Earth-sized telescope set to snap first picture of a black hole

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Binary star system

Space

Gravitational waves slow the spin of shape-shifting neutron star

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Space

The coldest place in the universe marks a double stellar grave

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Technology

Inside knowledge: What wisdom will live on once we're gone

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Win a pair of signed books by Lawrence M. Krauss

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Win a pair of signed books by Lawrence M. Krauss

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Galaxy NGC 4258 with its extra tentacles protruding from its middle

Space

The many-tentacled galaxy that could drive a physics revolution

Weirdo galaxy NGC 4258 has extra tentacles protruding from its middle, which make it surprisingly useful for testing theories of the universe evolved

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Space

Cosmological ruler could help us get the measure of dark energy

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Space

Dark matter took its time to wrap around early galaxies

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Physics

Keep an open mind on dark matter and rivals that do away with it

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Physics

Rules of attraction: Why it's time to rethink how gravity works

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