Weird science

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A round-up of the strangest science stories from around the world.

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The Week Junior: Science + Nature Magazine

12 September, 2025

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A colossal black hole is one of the largest ever seen in the universe

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The galaxies that shouldn't exist

When the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) launched on Christmas Day 2021, astronomers hoped it would revolutionise our understanding of the early stages of the Universe. And they were right. Almost a

The Week Junior: Science + Nature

In what order did the planets in our solar system form?

WORLD SPACE WEEK SPECIAL

How It Works

A guide to exoplanets

How our knowledge of these worlds beyond the Solar System has exploded in the last three decades

The Week Junior: Science + Nature

Should pluto be made a planet again?

WORLD SPACE WEEK SPECIAL

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Juno the mission that rewrote the story of jupiter

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