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Why we can't work out where everything is in the universe

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Why we can't work out where everything is in the universe

Mapping far-off galaxies is essential to understanding dark energy's influence on cosmic evolution – but the more we look, the harder it gets

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How redshift colours our view of the history of the universe

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General relativity at 100: Einstein's witness in the sky

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General relativity at 100: Einstein's witness in the sky

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Rosettawatch: Onion layers prove 67P is a slow-mo comet mash-up

Rosettawatch: Onion layers prove 67P is a slow-mo comet mash-up

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The Large Magellanic Cloud, if van Gogh had painted it

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The Large Magellanic Cloud, if van Gogh had painted it

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Multiverses-in-a-box let us simulate the cosmos before we see it

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Multiverses-in-a-box let us simulate the cosmos before we see it

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Galaxy twirl

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Earth's composition might be unusual for a planet with life

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Earth's composition might be unusual for a planet with life

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Black holes may be brick walls that bounce information back out

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Black holes may be brick walls that bounce information back out

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Spider galaxies spotted eating gas caught in the cosmic web

Spider galaxies spotted eating gas caught in the cosmic web

We've long thought that galaxies grew fat by devouring gas from a mesh of dark matter called the cosmic web – now we've seen it in action

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Spider galaxies spotted eating gas caught in the cosmic web

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What came before the big bang?

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Is the universe infinite or just very big?

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Knotty network could have powered universe's early growth spurt

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