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Milky Way

Space

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

Our galaxy suddenly stopped forming new stars 8 billion years ago even though it still has fuel left, calling into question our grip on galactic life cycles

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An array of radio telescopes points at the sky

Space

Cosmic radio blast result called into question within days

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Cosmic doom

Physics

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

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reality

Space

Beyond experiment: Why the scientific method may be old hat

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LIGO

Space

India set to join hunt for gravitational waves with its own LIGO

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A person is silhouetted against a colourful diagram of gravitational waves

Space

Four big cosmology secrets gravitational waves could uncover

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black holes

What will gravitational waves tell us about the universe?

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A star-forming region in the Large Magellanic Cloud

Space

Long-lost stellar siblings probe the Milky Way's violent history

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Matthew Evans

Space

I was one of the first to know gravitational waves are real

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A computer model of the gravitational field around two black holes as they circle each other

Space

Revolution in physics as gravitational waves seen for first time

Einstein’s last prediction and one of the most anticipated discoveries in physics has finally been confirmed. The LIGO experiment has seen ripples in space-time, caused by a black hole merger

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Physics

Latest rumour of gravitational waves is probably true this time

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Space

Milky Way's central bar stirs in stars like a candy floss mixer

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Earth

Record-breaking double star may be cannibalising itself

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Physics

A black hole's edge will burn you up if you try to escape

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