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Friday, 10 July 2015
Astronomers have discovered a monster black hole has grown surprisingly way out of proportion to its ancient galaxy.
Thursday, 25 June 2015
Astronomers have discovered a spectacular comet-like tail around a distant planet the size of Neptune.
Friday, 27 March 2015
A new study of colliding galaxy clusters has found that dark matter doesn't even interact with itself.
Friday, 20 June 2014
Astronomers have discovered a powerful gas stream that limits how big a black hole can grow, preventing it from growing faster than the galaxy around it.
Wednesday, 19 February 2014
A newly discovered fast-moving pulsar streaking across the galaxy with enormous x-ray jets, appears difficult to explain based on our understanding of the laws of physics, according to scientists.
Thursday, 13 June 2013
Astronomers have found a new type of hot blue star that regularly changes in brightness, providing new insights into how massive stars evolve.
Monday, 20 May 2013
A recent slowdown in global warming means the harshest climate change predictions are less likely in the immediate decades, say an international team of scientists.
Thursday, 4 April 2013
Scientists may be close to tracking down the mysterious "dark matter" that makes up more than a quarter of the universe but has never been seen.
Thursday, 14 February 2013
Seven months after its scientists made a landmark discovery that may explain the mysteries of mass, Europe's top physics lab will take a break from smashing invisible particles to recharge for the next leap into the unknown.
Wednesday, 12 December 2012
Scientists in Switzerland have come up with a material mimicking the way tendons connect to bones.
Monday, 29 October 2012
Nearly 1500 years ago a tsunami triggered by a rockfall swept Lake Geneva, Swiss scientists report.
Thursday, 9 August 2012
Scientists are on the lookout for a hitherto unseen world of particles that could lead to a "theory of everything".
Thursday, 2 August 2012
A new twist in the theory of how the moon formed claims Earth was the victim of a cosmic hit and run.
Friday, 16 December 2011
Scientists using the largest computer simulation of the universe to recreate the web like structure of of an infant universe.
Friday, 25 November 2011
News analysis Many physicists still reject claims the speed of light has been smashed despite a second set of experiments producing identical results.