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Space Exploration
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Deep Space
Can we work out an exoplanet’s colour?
We’re able to detect them but is it possible to figure out the colours of the distant worlds we find?
Deep Space
How are pulsars used to identify our position in space?
Read on to find out how these beacons of electromagnetic radiation act like GPS satellites
Deep Space
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
Deep Space
How much hydrogen does a star have?
We find out what that magic amount is to keep a star alive
Deep Space
Can black holes make exotic materials?
Could black holes be a factory for unusual material at their hearts?
Deep Space
What is a hot Jupiter?
Could these worlds be the extreme cousins of gas giant Jupiter?
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What is an accretion disk?
Often found around a star or black hole, we find out what an accretion disc is
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What happens when two galaxies collide?
Do things crash together or is it more serene?
Deep Space
What does a supernova sound like?
Are these catastrophic explosions really as loud as they look?
Astronomy
Why do images of deep space objects look so colourful?
What causes the vivid colours in deep space photography?
Deep Space
What would happen if two black holes collided?
What happens when an unstoppable force meets another unstoppable force…
Astronomy
What do the letters of stellar classification stand for?
O, B, A, F and so on… What do they all mean?
Deep Space
Astronomers find ‘space grease’ in Milky Way
“It’s not the kind of thing you’d want to spread on a slice of toast!”
Deep Space
Cosmic ‘red nuggets’ reveal squelched stars and galaxy formation secrets
The new study was conducted using NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory
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Astronomers finally find the universe’s ‘missing matter’
Ordinary matter, or ‘baryons’, make up all physical objects in existence, from stars to the cores of black holes
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Where did the first particles of light come from?
The very first particles of light came from somewhere. We find out where
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Can you get a double supernova explosion?
One supernova explosion is enough to pack a punch, but can two go off at the same time?
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Early galaxies found to rotate like whirlpools
The gas within the galactic structures, which were formed less then a billion years after the Big Bang, have been discovered to have a ‘swirling’ behaviour
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Can a black hole ever fill up?
Is there a limit to how much these exotic objects can consume?