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Hubble image release: Spacecraft spots a lonely starburst galaxy

The cosmic structure is experiencing an extraordinarily high rate of star formation

Moving heart of the Crab Nebula

Hubble shows the Crab Nebula as never seen before in new image

New shot reveals the beating heart of one of the most visually appealing, and most studied, supernova remnants

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VIDEO: If space was full of air, this is what the stars would sound like

The universe would be a noisy place if it wasn’t a vacuum

A supernova is a large explosion that takes place at the end of a star's life cycle. Image Credit: NASA

Could an exploding star kill all life on Earth?

We find out if a supernova could kick-start a mass extinction

An artist’s impression of an Earth-like moon in orbit around a Saturn-like exoplanet. Image Credit: NASA

Do exoplanets have moons?

We find out if worlds outside our Solar System host natural satellites

More than 50 per cent of stars are in binary systems. Image Credit: ESO

Why are most stars in the universe in pairs?

In general, stars don’t like the single life. We find out why

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NASA finds space-time to be “less foamy”

Observations of some of the most distant objects in the universe are helping us to understand the nature of space and time

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Why is the space between galaxies black?

With their billions of stars, why don’t these giant structures light up the entirety of space?

An artist’s impression of LISA Pathfinder when it reaches its Lissajous orbit. Image Credit: NASA

LISA Pathfinder launch: “We’re looking for violent things!”

We caught up with Paul McNamara, lead scientist of LISA Pathfinder, before the mission’s launch

What would happen if a planet crashed into a neutron star?

We take a look at the answer to this intriguing question

Can stars have weather?

We have the answer to this intriguing question

The heaviest of these high gravity objects - the supermassive black hole - can be found at the heart of galaxies. Image Credit: NASA

How many types of black hole are there?

These high-gravity objects come in more flavours than you might expect

Would a galaxy disappear if all of its stars went supernova?

We have the answer to this intriguing question

What do we know about Kepler-452b?

All About Space takes a look at Earth’s newly discovered cousin

White dwarfs, like those that can be found at the centre of colourful planetary nebula, are impossible to see with the naked eye. Image Credit: NASA

Can we see dead stars with the naked eye?

We find out the answer to this intriguing question

Face-on and edge-on galaxies can be found in the universe. Image Credit: NASA

Why do we see some galaxies edge-on and others face-on?

We find out why galaxies are orientated this way

Star-packed globular cluster, Omega Centauri, is a hefty star cluster with a mass of 5 million Suns. Image Credit: NASA

What’s the heaviest star cluster?

We find out who’s the heftiest stellar family of them all

The Andromeda galaxy, also known as M31. Image Credit: NASA

Five facts you didn’t know about the Andromeda galaxy

Despite its familiarity, our closest spiral galaxy still manages to amaze us

Which planets inside and outside of our Solar System were the last to be discovered from Earth?

We take a look at the answer to this question

Fermi continued to work on his theories surrounding nuclear physics until his final day. Image Credit: NASA

Heroes of Space: Enrico Fermi

The physics pioneer best known in the space industry for his famous Fermi paradox

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