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Gravitational waves have let us see huge neutron stars colliding
We’ve taken the first pictures of neutron stars colliding 130 million light years away. The resulting gravitational waves may solve some big cosmic mysteries
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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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Far-off galaxies are firing rare high-energy cosmic rays at us
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Mysterious flashing star seems destined for an explosive end
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‘Alien megastructure’ star may host Saturn-like exoplanet
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Speedy white dwarf may have survived a rare type of supernova
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Ice at Mars’s equator hints the planet was once much more tilted
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New sky survey shows that dark energy may one day tear us apart
The best cosmic map yet of the universe’s make-up finds 24 per cent less dark matter than we thought and could call for a rewrite of physics
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Half the atoms inside your body came from across the universe
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The cosmic dance of three dead stars could break relativity
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Galaxy supercluster is one of the biggest things in the universe
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Five things physicists hate about physics
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