Spider galaxies spotted eating gas caught in the cosmic web
We've long thought that galaxies grew fat by devouring gas from a mesh of dark matter called the cosmic web – now we've seen it in action
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Spider galaxies spotted eating gas caught in the cosmic web
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What came before the big bang?
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Is the universe infinite or just very big?
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Knotty network could have powered universe’s early growth spurt
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Knotty network could have powered universe’s early growth spurt
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Life
More than 100 billion billion Earth-like planets might exist
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Space
Small stars may keep planets in line with magnetic harnesses
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Listen to the world’s first duet for piano and pulsating star
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Distant worlds could be sheltering in a bubble around their star
Alien worlds, like Earth, are shielded from cosmic rays by magnetic bubbles around their sun – trouble is, stars have a tendency to drop their guard
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Mind
What if … The universe is an illusion?
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Space
Giant old galaxies, not Milky Ways, are best for life to thrive
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Philae may have moved – and Rosetta will start to look south
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Vibrating stars could reveal elusive ripples in space-time
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