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The sun may have formed because a small galaxy passed by the Milky Way
A small galaxy called Sagittarius passed close to the Milky Way four times in the past 6 billion years, which may have caused periods of intense star formation
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Space
We’ve found the oldest ever galaxy that looks like our own
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Strange ‘space cow’ explosion may have been the birth of a black hole
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Our galaxy鈥檚 huge black hole may have created organic molecules
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Space
Figuring out what the Milky Way looks like is akin to a murder mystery
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A single star has let us put a date on our galaxy鈥檚 last cosmic meal
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Physics
Massive simulation of the universe shows how galaxies form and die
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Physics
Why dark matter’s no-show could mean a big bang rethink
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We’ve had our best glimpse of a web of matter that spans the universe
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Andromeda galaxy ate several dwarf galaxies in two-course lunch
Our nearest major galaxy, Andromeda, has eaten several smaller galaxies over its lifetime. Now we have reconstructed the story of the meal from the leftover debris
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Weird galaxies suggest our best understanding of the cosmos is wrong
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Does alien life have to look like us? Or even be intelligent?
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There is a pair of weird, gigantic bubbles at the centre of our galaxy
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Earth
Radioactive dust in Antarctic ice could help map interstellar clouds
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