Physics
At last we will know how bright the stars really are
The antiquated brightness scale developed by the ancient Greeks is about to get a long-overdue upgrade that could help reveal the true nature of dark energy
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Physics
‘Quantum spread’ threat to Hawking’s bet
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Life
Exolanguage: do you speak alien?
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Physics
The entropy force: a new direction for gravity
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Space
Missing matter mystery in small galaxies
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Space
Ghost galaxies may haunt the Milky Way
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Physics
Introduction: Black holes
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Space
Milky Way’s dark matter ‘turned on its side’
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Physics
Top 10 space stories of 2009
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Physics
Clearest sign yet of dark matter detected
An experiment in a Minnesota mine has seen a tantalising glimpse of dark matter, the stuff thought to make up most of the universe's mass
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Physics
2010 preview: Will a neutralino steal Higgs’s thunder?
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Physics
Higgs in space: Orbiting telescope could beat the LHC
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Physics
Why we shouldn’t release all we know about the cosmos
Opinion
Physics
Dark power: Grand designs for interstellar travel
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