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Gravitational waves have let us see huge neutron stars colliding

16 October 2017

We’ve taken the first pictures of neutron stars colliding 130 million light years away. The resulting gravitational waves may solve some big cosmic mysteries

Far-off galaxies are firing rare high-energy cosmic rays at us

21 September 2017

The highest energy particles in the universe hit Earth very rarely, so it took 10 years of data to pinpoint their origin. They’re coming from galaxies far, far away

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Gravitational waves have let us see huge neutron stars colliding

Far-off galaxies are firing rare high-energy cosmic rays at us

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