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Artist's imression of Hitomi

Space

Japanese satellite's death spiral linked to software malfunction

The Hitomi X-ray space telescope has failed just months after its launch, leaving astronomers hoping to glimpse black holes devastated

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cosmic background radiation

Space

That's odd: Axis of evil stretches across the cosmos

Features

Red-tinted mirror suspended along with other objects

Physics

Gravitational wave hunters gear up to detect extreme black holes

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Carroll

Physics

It's mind-blowing what our puny brains can do

Opinion

The play <i>X</i> will have you clock-watching - but in a good way

Space

The play X will have you clock-watching - but in a good way

CultureLab

black hole

Space

Physics adventures down the superfluid supersonic black hole

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two galaxies

Space

Our galaxy's impossible collision could break gravity

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black hole

Space

LIGO could catch dark matter made of black holes

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Billion-light-year galactic wall may be largest object in cosmos

Space

Billion-light-year galactic wall may be largest object in cosmos

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A giant radio telescope illuminated at night

Space

Repeating cosmic radio blast adds mystery to their origins

The observation of repeating fast radio bursts is the final point in three papers all debating the origins of such mysterious signals

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Space

Ageing Milky Way stopped making stars before it ran out of gas

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Space

Cosmic radio blast result called into question within days

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Physics

When will the universe end? Not for at least 2.8 billion years

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Space

Beyond experiment: Why the scientific method may be old hat

Features