Physics
Exploring the universe – and how we found our place in it
Enjoy the spectacular cosmos with this illustrated guide to astronomy, ranging from an iconic diagram by Copernicus to one of NASA's 2017 Jupiter photos
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Ancient black holes ruled out as source of all dark matter
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Physics
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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We’ve found a bunch of dwarf galaxies we thought didn’t exist
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How a fiery matter-antimatter union may lead to limitless energy
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Humans
The message we’re sending to nearby aliens is no threat to Earth
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The New Horizons spacecraft is heading towards a mystery rock
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Dark energy survives neutron star crash test while rivals fail
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Why our ‘freakish’ galaxy has got cosmologists seriously worried
In the grand club of galaxies, the Milky Way is increasingly looking like an outlier. This is a looming challenge for cosmology, says Geraint Lewis
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Gravitational waves have let us see huge neutron stars colliding
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We can finally map the spiral arm on the far side of the galaxy
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Half the universe’s missing matter has just been finally found
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The sun’s energy could speed up dark matter so we can detect it
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