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'Missing Link' Galaxy Collision May Help Explain The Early Universe

Huffington Post UK | Michael Rundle | Posted 23.05.2013 | UK Tech
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Astronomers have pictured a "missing link" galaxy collision in deep space which might explain what happened in the first few billion years of the univ...

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Largest Spiral Galaxy Discovered 'By Accident'

Huffington Post UK | Michael Rundle | Posted 12.03.2013 | UK Tech
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The largest known spiral galaxy in the universe has been discovered by accident. The galaxy NGC 6872, located about 212 million light years a...

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Massive Flare Erupts From Supermassive Black Hole At Milky Way's Centre

Huffington Post UK | Michael Rundle | Posted 23.12.2012 | UK Tech
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A giant flare of energy erupting from the supermassive black hole at the centre of our galaxy has been caught on camera by Nasa. The NuStar (Nuclea...

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Theory Of Evolution Of Galaxies Torn To Shreds By New Hubble Data

Huffington Post UK | Michael Rundle | Posted 22.12.2012 | UK Tech
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Nasa has been forced to rethink how galaxies are formed after the team behind the Hubble Space Telescope revealed stunning new data about the evolutio...

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World's Fastest Telescope Launches

The Huffington Post UK | Chris York | Posted 07.10.2012 | UK Tech
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The Australia Square Kilometre Array Pathfinder (ASKAP), the world's fastest telescope, was officially launched in the wilderness of Western Australia...

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Revealed: Mars ‘Has As Much Water In Its Interior As Earth'

The Huffington Post UK | Ted Thornhill | Posted 22.06.2012 | UK
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Until now, Earth was the only planet known to have vast reservoirs of water in its interior. But now scientists from the Carnegie Institution for ...

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Clock This: Time Will Grind To A Halt One Day, Say Scientists

The Huffington Post UK | Ted Thornhill | Posted 18.06.2012 | UK
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Ever had that feeling that there aren’t enough hours in the day? Well one day, there won’t be any hours in the day, or minutes, or even nano-se...

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HIP 11952 - The Oldest Ever Exoplanet System Discovered

Huffington Post UK | Melanie Hick | Posted 27.05.2012 | UK Tech
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An ancient planetary system from 13 billion years ago has been discovered in the constellation Cetus, 375 lightyears from Earth, that could determine ...

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Photos: Astronomers Find 96 New Star Clusters In Galaxy

Huffington Post UK | Michael Rundle | Posted 03.10.2011 | UK
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Astronomers have discovered 96 new 'open star clusters' that were previously hidden by dust in the Milky Way. The stunning pictures of the relative...

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