Do things crash together or is it more serene?
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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
Deep Space
Where did the first particles of light come from?
The very first particles of light came from somewhere. We find out where
Deep Space
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?
Deep Space
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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Astronomers could have discovered how dark matter interacts with galaxies
This study revealed that unusual X-ray results of galaxy clusters could be explained by dark matter
Deep Space
Famous exploded star revealed with incredible clarity
NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory has imaged the intricate and energetic features within the supernova remnant Cassiopeia A
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Most distant black hole has been discovered
The supermassive object was observed just 680 million years after the Big Bang
Deep Space
Record-breaking star measurement puts dark matter on trial
The results provide more valuable evidence in support of our current model of the universe
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Astronomers discover multiple supermassive black hole pairings
Fewer than ten of these double gigantic high-gravity objects were known previously
Deep Space
Astronomers discover closest-ever supermassive black hole pairing
The system resides in spiral galaxy NGC 7674, which is located about 400 million light years from Earth
Deep Space
The making of TRAPPIST-1’s Earth-sized planets uncovered
The system has seven planets as big as our world that orbit close to their star
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Would astronauts need a lot of shielding to safely travel into deep space?
We have the answer to this intriguing question