Space
Galactic smash-ups turn on the lights around black holes
Trails of stellar debris suggest that ancient galactic crashes funnelled gas toward a central black hole, sparking active galaxies' inner glow
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Milky Way’s quiet life leaves it with no dark matter skeleton
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That’s no moon! Spacecraft mistaken for new natural satellite
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Space
Stars throw out a lifetime’s waste carbon in just 1000 years
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Feedback: Some numerology of astronomy
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Life
NASA’s Curiosity rover finds astronauts could farm water on Mars
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Space
Two mysterious bright spots on dwarf planet Ceres are not alike
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Looking into the voids could help explain dark energy
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Physics
Einstein puts a ring on distant galaxy
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Baby star before-and-after shows how it gets massive
No one knew how the energetic radiation from young, hot stars that grow up to be planet factories picks a direction – but now we've watched it in action
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Life
Alien FAQ: 6 questions about strange cosmic radio bursts
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Life
Is this ET? Mystery of strange radio bursts from space
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Life
Twin Earths may lurk in our nearest star system
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Space
Scorch marks left by spacecraft on Mars soon fade
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