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Physics

Why 2018 is looking like it will be the year of the black hole

Powerful telescopes are ready to reveal the vast black hole at the heart of our galaxy in all its glory. This is a big moment for astronomy, says Geraint Lewis

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General view of a star field

Space

Weird particle soup may have formed stars in the early universe

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A visualization of a supercomputer simulation of merging black holes sending out gravitational waves

Physics

Dark matter could be produced by twisted gravitational waves

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Shrinking black holes avoid paradox by oozing hidden information

Space

Shrinking black holes avoid paradox by oozing hidden information

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Galaxies

Space

Dancing galaxies may shake up our ideas of galaxy formation

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dwarf galaxy

Space

So long, suckers: Where have all the black holes gone?

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The bright Cepheid variable star at the center of the image, RS Puppis, rhythmically brightens and dims

Physics

The universe still seems to be expanding faster than it ought to

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Emission nebula Sharpless 2-106

Physics

The ugly, fractured reality of the cosmos deserves our attention

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Space

The books and ideas that will shape the year ahead

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Black hole

Space

Parallel universes could solve a big problem with black holes

The black hole firewall paradox has been vexing physicists for years. But if quantum laws lead to the creation of other universes, the headache disappears

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Physics

Exploring the universe – and how we found our place in it

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Space

Ancient black holes ruled out as source of all dark matter

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Physics

Dark energy is mutating, with grave consequences for the cosmos

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Space

The usual way of hunting dark matter may be all wrong

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