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Pulsar

Space

Stunning picture shows dead star racing away from a massive explosion

A speedy pulsar moving 1100 kilometres per second is racing away from the supernova explosion that created it in this image taken by the Very Large Array radio telescope

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Four stars full of burnt nuclear ash are speeding through the galaxy

Space

Four stars full of burnt nuclear ash are speeding through the galaxy

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The Milky Way may be slowly devouring a hidden neighbouring galaxy

Space

The Milky Way may be slowly devouring a hidden neighbouring galaxy

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Thousands of Elite Dangerous players embark on epic space voyage

Space

Thousands of Elite Dangerous players embark on epic space voyage

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The CHIME radio telescope

Space

Radio wave bursts from space keep hitting Earth and we don't know why

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Watch: Very Large Telescope uses giant lasers in hunt for black holes

Physics

Watch: Very Large Telescope uses giant lasers in hunt for black holes

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yellow beams

Physics

World's most powerful telescope takes us to the edge of a black hole

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A new dwarf planet called Farout is the most distant we’ve ever seen

Space

A new dwarf planet called Farout is the most distant we’ve ever seen

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mortal engines film

Life

Don't miss: a game to make you suffer and a new post-apocalyptic film

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artists impression of merging black holes

Space

LIGO found four more pairs of black holes, including the biggest yet

In a reanalysis of all of its data, LIGO spotted gravitational waves from four new pairs of black holes colliding, bringing the total detection count up to 11

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Space

Mystery “space cow” is a weird new type of powerful space explosion

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Space

Two new rogue planets that do not orbit stars have been discovered

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Video

Emma Chapman: The first stars in the universe

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Space

The Kepler spacecraft is dead but its planet-hunting legacy lives on

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