The secret ingredient is stealing the material from at least three neighbouring galaxies
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A ghostly galaxy has been found just next door
The Gaia satellite has spotted an enormous ‘ghost’ galaxy lurking on the outskirts of the Milky Way
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What happens to planets when galaxies collide?
A full on smashup or a near miss? We find out what happens to planets when their galaxies collide
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Heroes of Space: Enrico Fermi
The physics pioneer best known in the space industry for his famous Fermi paradox
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What would it be like to live in a globular cluster?
Astronomer’s paradise or a light pollution hell? We reposition our Solar System to find out
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Supermassive black holes caught in the act of merging
The act of galaxies merging are extreme events and result in anarchy that is superb to observe
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How much hydrogen does a star have?
We find out what that magic amount is to keep a star alive
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Astronomers spot a distant galactic fountain
The continuous outflow and inflow of molecular gas in the galaxy cluster Abell 2597 has never been seen before
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Finding aliens with laser precision
A recent study claims that a power-enough laser aimed into space could be detectable from as far as 20,000 light years away
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Can black holes make exotic materials?
Could black holes be a factory for unusual material at their hearts?
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Black hole’s flaring hot spots prove decade-old theory
The recent detection of flares circling the heavy-weight objects has revealed how they grow and consume matter
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Astronomers observe powerful molecular wind from distant galaxy
The Large Millimeter Telescope in Mexico has revealed this rare outflow from 800 million light years away
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What is a hot Jupiter?
Could these worlds be the extreme cousins of gas giant Jupiter?
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The youngest known pulsar in the Milky Way has been found
The results from this study could reveal what happens to some stars during their demise
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Astronomers unearth a cosmic titan from the early Universe
Hyperion, the largest galaxy proto-supercluster, has a mass more than one million billion times the Sun
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Magnetic fields manage a black hole’s feeding time
Magnetic fields have been seen to manipulate the material surrounding a black hole by observing the nearby galaxy Cygnus A
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Astronomers discover a cosmic relative to a gravitational wave source
A source with remarkable similarities to GW170817, the first source identified to emit gravitational waves and light, has been discovered
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Four massive planets have been discovered orbiting a distant young star
This unusual collection of massive planets makes astronomers question how planets are formed
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What is Heat Death?
Is this one of the ways the universe could end?
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What is a mini black hole?
Are these dense objects scattered throughout the universe?