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The Milky Way has devoured 15 other galaxies since it formed

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The Milky Way has devoured 15 other galaxies since it formed

Our galaxy formed fast, and with an appetite. It’s devoured 15 other galaxies, including a big one nicknamed Kraken that we didn’t know existed until now

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Silhoutted person looking at stars

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I'm working on a universal language to let us speak to aliens

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The Tarantula Nebula

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See a cosmic spider caught spinning up brand new stars

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Clouds of plasma let us zoom in on weird flashes from space

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Clouds of plasma let us zoom in on weird flashes from space

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Some of the universe's first stars have actually been seen

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Some of the universe's first stars have actually been seen

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sky artwork

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Mystery of the cosmic dawn: What’s eating the first starlight?

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neon swirls

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The neon swirls that show how a map of our galaxy is made

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Far-off black hole appears to be shredding and devouring a star

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Far-off black hole appears to be shredding and devouring a star

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A star has been seen exploding faster than any other on record

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A star has been seen exploding faster than any other on record

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We’ve just spotted the brightest mystery radio burst from space

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We’ve just spotted the brightest mystery radio burst from space

Fast radio bursts are some of the weirdest, most elusive phenomena in the cosmos. We just found three new ones, one of which is the brightest we’ve ever seen

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

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NASA may lose a major space telescope and space station funding

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Suns and daughters: The family tree that may unite all the stars

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Dancing galaxies may shake up our ideas of galaxy formation

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