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In 2015, a new field of astronomy open
From colliding galaxies to supermassive black holes, we take a look at some of the strangest sights in the universe
In the 17th century, the great maritime nations were vying to solve a puzzle that had confounded philosophers for many centuries: how to determine exact positions on the Earth’s surface. And in Britai
Astronomers love a challenge. They place their observatories on the highest mountains, in the driest deserts, on the coldest ice shelves, beneath the deepest oceans, in orbit around Earth and the Sun,
From strange lights in the sky to rocks that spontaneously glide across the ground, the mysteries scientists are trying to finally crack
A supermassive black hole has been discovered that formed when the Universe was just 3 per cent of its current age – around 500 million years after the Big Bang, or 13.3 billion years ago. Found in th
TRAPPIST-1 is a red dwarf star located about ...