From colliding galaxies to supermassive black holes, we take a look at some of the strangest sights in the universe

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WORLD SPACE WEEK SPECIAL

You have the universe in your hair and the stars on your brow. I would wrap you up in heaven’s rainbow cloak, But I am a poor man. My only currency is hope. You are like an orchard abundant with fruit

The precocious poetry of Charlotte Brontë

Ian McEwan is strolling through the garden of his Cotswolds manor house. Bees waft drowsily between wildflowers. Plump apples, pears and walnuts bauble the trees. Vibrant cerulean-blue damselflies hov