Space
Interstellar cloud mapped by listening to its magnetic waves
Magnetic waves vibrating through an interstellar cloud called Musca reveal its 3D shape. We though it was long and thin, but it’s actually flat like a pancake
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Pushing the boundaries: A round-up of new popular science books
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Humans
Astrophysicist Jocelyn Bell Burnell explores Bach’s cosmic music
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Humans
Hawking’s global warnings divided opinion but the world listened
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Physics
Why the big bang was not the beginning
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Physics
Truth before beauty: Our universe is uglier than we thought
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Physics
Why 2018 is looking like it will be the year of the black hole
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Space
You could survive falling into a black hole but it may get weird
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Physics
Neutrinos may have more kinds of cosmic sources than we thought
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So long, suckers: Where have all the black holes gone?
The universe is well-stocked with black holes large and small, but none in medium. Strange dwarf galaxies might hold the answer
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Parallel universes could solve a big problem with black holes
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Dark energy is mutating, with grave consequences for the cosmos
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Space
The usual way of hunting dark matter may be all wrong
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How a fiery matter-antimatter union may lead to limitless energy
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