Physics
The galactic anomalies hinting dark matter is weirder than we thought
Cosmological puzzles are tempting astronomers to rethink our simple picture of the universe 鈥� and ask whether dark matter is even stranger than we thought
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Space
Astronomers have found what may be the smallest galaxy ever
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Space
New view of our galaxy’s black hole reveals a swirling magnetic field
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Space
Newly discovered smoking stars emit huge clouds and we don’t know why
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Space
Star cluster is heading for destruction at the heart of the Milky Way
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Space
Distant Milky Way-like galaxy is older than we thought possible
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Space
Seven wonders of the Milky Way: An astronomer鈥檚 guide to the galaxy
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Space
We can only predict star motion in the Milky Way鈥檚 heart for 462 years
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Space
Stars found hidden in huge cloud wrapped around the Milky Way
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Space
IceCube detector finds neutrinos from the Milky Way for the first time
A neutrino detector in Antarctica has found heaps of high-energy neutrinos coming from distant galaxies, but none from within our own 鈥� until now
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Space
Centre of our galaxy has a ‘zone of avoidance’ and we don’t know why
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Space
Hundreds of weird filaments of gas are hiding in our galaxy鈥檚 centre
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Space
How to spot Ophiuchus, the thirteenth zodiacal constellation
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Space
Our galaxy鈥檚 black hole may have made a huge X-ray flare 205 years ago
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