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The prevailing Nobel Prize-winning theory that the Universe is expanding at an ever-accelerating rate due to the unseen influence of dark energy has been called into question by a new study. Astronome

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Amazing answers to your curious questions

The question of how black holes grow should be an easy one to answer: they absorb material from their surroundings. But despite their fearsome reputation, supermassive black holes don’t rampage throug