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

27 February 2018

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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Time to embrace our odd place in the cosmos, inside a huge void?

16 June 2017

Evidence is growing that our neck of the universe is a whole lot of nothing. This alluring idea could settle a cosmological bun fight, says Geraint Lewis

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