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Indian Cosmologists Propose New Space Experiment to Gaze at Universe’s Dawn

The Wire Staff 27/01/2019

CMB Bharat will study radiation leftover from the time...

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How We’re Probing the Secrets of a Giant Black Hole at Our Galaxy’s Centre

Imogen Whittam 26/12/2018

A black hole is an object with such a...

The galaxy named NGC 1052-DF2 is called a 'see-through' galaxy because it's missing most, if not all, of its dark matter. Credit: Reuters

Counterintuitive: Galaxy Without Dark Matter Asserts Dark Matter Is Real

Reuters 29/03/2018

Astronomers have discovered a sparsely populated galaxy devoid of...

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Dwarf Planetary Systems Will Transform the Hunt for Alien Life

Amaury Triaud and Michaël Gillon 03/05/2017

No matter what we find by studying planets orbiting...

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How an Astronomer Is Trying to Solve Mysteries From Far-Off Galaxies

Nandita Jayaraj 02/04/2017

“We want to know why these galaxies are so...

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Has Dogma Derailed the Scientific Search for Dark Matter?

Pavel Kroupa 08/12/2016

The case for dark matter is so overwhelming that...

Under the Milky Way: What a New Map Reveals About Our Galaxy

Lister Staveley-Smith 23/10/2016

Astronomers are making new discoveries about our galaxy thanks...