Space
Top 10 space stories of 2008
The most popular space stories of the year include a gallery of spooky cosmic images and an exploration of whether the universe existed before the big bang
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Space
Did gravity point time in the ‘right’ direction?
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Space
Burrowing black holes devoured first stars from within
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Life
Who did most to knock man off his pedestal?
Opinion
Physics
Reasons to be jolly about 2008
Opinion
Life
Darwin vs Galileo: Who cut us down to size?
Opinion
Space
Galaxy clusters’ stunted growth confirms dark energy
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Physics
Did our cosmos exist before the big bang?
Features
Physics
Spinning water droplets behave like black holes
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Space
Cosmology: Top 10 articles from 2008
From the big bang, dark matter and dark energy to multiple universes, relativity and string theory, the origin and nature of the cosmos are among the biggest enigmas in science
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Life
Universe’s dark matter mix is ‘just right’ for life
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Space
Hunting new Earths and the edge of the universe
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Space
Big bang’s afterglow may reveal birthplace of comets
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Space
Mysterious electrons may be sign of dark matter
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