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A wandering black hole bends space-time, creating an illusion across the galaxy
For the first time, scientists have identified a black hole that wanders across the galaxy containing Earth.
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Earth falls into a 'bubble of nothingness' 1,000 light-years wide
The Earth, and the whole solar system, is strangely suspended in the middle of empty space, according to research led by the Harvard & Smithsonian Center for Astrophysic…
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Cluster of 'otherworldly' objects appear in the middle of a galaxy containing Earth
ESA's Gaia Space Telescope and Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope have both recorded a strange line of stars, clearly not belonging to our galaxy.
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Detecting Maggie - a 3,900 light-year long ghost crossing the galaxy containing Earth
Maggie is a mysterious, unknown, and one of the largest filamentous structures ever observed in a galaxy containing the Earth's Milky Way.
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Discovered a star that discharges a billion times more energy than the Sun
Scientists discovered a star from a violent eruption of energy in the galaxy NGC 253 13 million light-years away.
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Spooky universe: 5 scariest objects are besieging Earth
A tunnel swallowing the entire solar system, a bomb crater in the middle of a galaxy containing the Earth or a jellyfish from the dead suddenly appeared in the sky... ar…
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Spectacular image of a galaxy with a 'tail' about to collide with the Milky Way
The Small Magellanic Cloud is one of the satellite dwarf galaxies of the Earth-containing galaxy, the Milky Way.
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Method of measuring distances to stars and galaxies
Looking at a star in the sky, which appears only as a small bright dot and estimates its distance, seems very vague.
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Hubble has discovered a 'mysterious golden dragon' 4 billion light-years away, spanning 5 galaxies!
Dragon is a mystical animal in ancient Chinese mythology, it can fly through clouds and fog, however the golden dragon we are referring to is not this type, instead it i…
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Stephen Hawking's theory about to crack the biggest mystery of science?
Scientists have teamed up to solve one of the universe's greatest mysteries. They plan to test a prediction made by Stephen Hawking in the 1970s.
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The universe is riddled with 4 holes, the culprit is a 'monster' black hole
Scientists have found four massive holes at the center of a galaxy cluster thanks to NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory, which are linked to a pair of monstrous black hole…
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Discovered a series of 'fossil arms' of the Milky Way
A new map of the galaxy containing the Earth's Milky Way (Galaxy) has revealed a series of strange, arm-like structures, ancient and remnants of violent events.
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The 3.2 billion pixel camera in Chile is about to observe the universe
The world's largest digital camera LSST in Chile will help scientists study galaxies, asteroids and mysterious cosmic phenomena.
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The mysterious 'Great Wall' appeared in the middle of the galaxy containing the Earth
A known, invisible healing structure is preventing cosmic rays from entering the heart of the galaxy containing the Earth's Milky Way.
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New breakthrough in black hole research helps find 'missing link' in the universe's 10 billion year history
Recently, experts have discovered what is known as the 'missing link' in the process of understanding the universe.