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Measurements of a distant galaxy's gas suggest the universe was about three times warmer 11 billion years ago than it is today
Breaking News - 19:14 15 May 2008
A supernova remnant near the centre of our galaxy turns out to be only 140 years old – the discovery fills a gap in the astronomical record
News - 18:00 14 May 2008
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Last year, researchers suggested ultra-high-energy cosmic rays originated near colossal black holes, but a new study questions that conclusion
Breaking News - 17:44 13 May 2008
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A mammoth black hole has been discovered fleeing its host galaxy at high speed, a team of astronomers says
Breaking News - 23:50 29 April 2008
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Supernovae in the early universe appear to age more slowly than they do today – the expansion of space is to blame
Breaking News - 20:09 28 April 2008
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Colliding galaxies resemble a toothbrush, an owl, a grasshopper and other forms as they smash into and dismember one another
Breaking News - 14:01 23 April 2008
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A planet weighing just 5 Earths may have been detected with a controversial new technique
Breaking News - 16:32 10 April 2008
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Close encounters between three black holes have been modelled for the first time with general relativity – they tend to end in violence
Breaking News - 20:04 09 April 2008
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The world's most powerful laser is now operating – it might create supernova-like shock waves and possibly even antimatter
Breaking News - 18:04 09 April 2008
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Galaxies may 'hug' heavier black holes more tightly than lighter ones, letting researchers weigh the objects at greater distances than now possible
Breaking News - 18:06 08 April 2008
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Expert technicians have melted and spun 24 tonnes of glass to make an 8.4-metre mirror for the ambitious Large Synoptic Survey Telescope
Breaking News - 17:17 07 April 2008
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A team reports finding what may be a planet only a few thousand years old, but others say it may instead be a 'failed star'
Breaking News - 17:42 02 April 2008
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Two stars orbit each other so closely that they share material and resemble a peanut – they could shed light on puzzling supernovae
Breaking News - 21:55 01 April 2008
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The puny black hole weighs just 3.8 times the Sun's mass – the previous record holder is nearly twice as massive
Breaking News - 18:34 01 April 2008
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Rather than exploding as supernovae, stars between 18 and 30 times the Sun's mass may collapse quietly to form black holes
Breaking News - 16:08 01 April 2008
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Flattened mountains as massive as Saturn can build up on neutron stars, triggering long-sought ripples in space, a new study finds
Breaking News - 20:30 31 March 2008
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An intriguing bright spot detected next to a star 470 light years away may indicate the presence of a developing planet
Breaking News - 00:00 27 March 2008
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Astronomers have measured the power of a supernova that exploded 400 years ago, thanks to light echoes bouncing off surrounding dust clouds
Breaking News - 15:33 20 March 2008
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The accelerator detected differences in how various particles decay that might help explain why the universe has more matter than antimatter
Breaking News - 18:00 19 March 2008
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'Cosmic' neutrinos produced in the big bang fill space, according to five years of data from NASA's WMAP satellite - they can't be detected on Earth
Breaking News - 22:00 05 March 2008
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The way that a particle jumps between matter and antimatter in collider experiments could point to new physics
News - 18:00 18 March 2008
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Another Earth may be orbiting the star next door, and we could find it within a few years by monitoring the star constantly
Breaking News - 05:08 29 February 2008
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Whiskers of carbon found in meteorites could hold clues to the infant solar system – some say they may also cast doubt on dark energy
Breaking News - 19:00 28 February 2008
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What sets the biggest and brightest stars apart from their dimmer cousins? The density of their parent gas clouds, a new study suggests
Breaking News - 19:16 27 February 2008
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Newborn stars shine like celestial sparklers in a new portrait of the Triangulum Galaxy – the sharpest ultraviolet galaxy image ever taken
Breaking News - 21:24 26 February 2008
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The heaviest black hole formed from a star's collapse weighs 33 Suns – double the previous record, new measurements confirm
Breaking News - 07:03 22 February 2008
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Huge dark matter filaments – nearly 3000 times as long as the Milky Way – are warping our view of distant galaxies
Breaking News - 19:38 21 February 2008
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A promising but labour-intensive technique has netted its first multiple-planet system – it can find smaller planets than other methods
Breaking News - 19:00 14 February 2008
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Experiments relying on the strange properties of the superfluid helium-3 might explain some of the biggest puzzles in the cosmos
News - 16:36 14 February 2008
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The wild paths that objects follow near a black hole have been tamed in a new periodic table – the results could help gravitational wave searches
Breaking News - 16:55 13 February 2008
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The planet is too hot for the molecules to signal life, but the discovery offers hope for understanding future discoveries of Earth-like worlds
Breaking News - 18:21 11 February 2008
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A star that appears too old to harbour a dusty disc may have swallowed its companion, burping out a planet-forming cloud
Breaking News - 18:29 08 February 2008
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Dark matter is supposed to be spread throughout the universe, but a spiral galaxy called NGC 4736 seems to be empty of the stuff
Breaking News - 06:59 06 February 2008
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A robotic observatory has been installed on a high-altitude plateau near the South Pole – it will test if the site offers the best seeing in the world
Breaking News - 22:43 05 February 2008
