Using the power and synergy of two space telescopes, astronomers have made the most precise measurement to date of the universe’s expansion rate.
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Stephen Hawking: “I was playing poker with Albert Einstein, Isaac Newton and Commander Data on the Starship Enterprise!”
Back in 2014, we caught up with the great scientist to get his thoughts on the universe, his cameo in Star Trek: The Next Generation and why we could be living in a hologram
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Small galaxies challenge dark matter
New studies of satellite galaxies in Centaurus A show results that challenge our current understanding of almost 27 per cent of the universe
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‘Wobbling’ galaxies upset our understanding of dark matter
This unusual phenomenon within galaxy clusters may indicate to a new physics at work
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Milky Way ‘not a typical galaxy’, new study finds
The research has thrown a wrench into what we know about how galaxies form
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WSW2016: Win one of three family passes to the National Space Centre!
As part of World Space Week, you can win a day out for the whole family to one of the United Kingdom’s leading visitor attractions
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Hubble sees prolonged death of exploding star
Three years after its explosion, a Type Ia supernova continues to shine brighter than expected, new research finds
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Why do we see some galaxies edge-on and others face-on?
We find out why galaxies are orientated this way
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Why are maps of the universe elliptical?
We take a look at why the universe is mapped in such a shape