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Illustration depicting a tidal disruption event (TDE). TDEs are causes when a star passes close to a supermassive black hole and get torn apart by the gravity of the latter. The debris forms a fan-shaped pattern around the black hole before eventually falling in.

Space

A new 'brief history' of the universe paints a wide picture

Nearly 40 years after Stephen Hawking's A Brief History of Time, Sarah Alam Malik's epic exploration of the cosmos reflects a changed landscape around science in the 21st century, finds Alison Flood

Culture

Space

A huge cloud of dark matter may be lurking near our solar system

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Dark Matter distribution

Space

The best map of dark matter has revealed never-before-seen structures

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Illustration of Dark Energy

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Does dark energy stem from a thermodynamic theory of space-time?

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The electrification of everything: Best ideas of the century

Technology

The electrification of everything: Best ideas of the century

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Space

The first quantum fluctuations set into motion a huge cosmic mystery

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Technology

US to fire up small reactors in 2026 as part of 'nuclear renaissance'

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Low on energy? A new understanding of rest could help revitalise you

Health

Low on energy? A new understanding of rest could help revitalise you

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Environment

How green hydrogen could power industries from steel-making to farming

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Scientists inside a science base in the Moon conduct a variety of humorous experiments. We see a cat chasing after a giant laser beam; a scientist being eaten by a venus fly trap, a star falling through a Christmas tree as a scientist tries and fails to put it on top, a scientist going to a 'moonshine' bar, robots attending a seminar, a scientist trapping a human brain in a forcefield, and scientists stepping through portals. In the sky above the spaceship, Santa is being abducted by aliens.

Physics

Inside the wild experiments physicists would do with zero limits

From a particle smasher encircling the moon to an “impossible” laser, five scientists reveal the experiments they would run in a world powered purely by imagination

Features

Space

Supermassive dark matter stars may be lurking in the early universe

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Space

Why dark matter is still one of the biggest open problems in science

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Physics

We might have just seen the first hints of dark matter

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Physics

Brian Eno and Beatie Wolfe discuss their new spacebound album, Liminal

Culture