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Twin probes discover ‘zebra stripe’ pattern in Earth’s inner radiation belt

Artist illustration of the Van Allen Probes which are helping…
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The Economist explains Cosmic inflation

MENTION inflation and most people will think of something that…
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Astronomers observe first direct evidence of Cosmic Inflation

The tiny temperature fluctuations of the cosmic microwave background (shown…
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Transformational Science with the SKA – symposium Stellenbosch Feb 2014

  In 2014 it will be over twenty years since…
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An Ultramassive Black Hole

J1532 X-ray: NASA/CXC/Stanford/J.Hlavacek-Larrondo et al, Optical: NASA/ESA/STScI/M.Postman & CLASH team…
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Stephen Hawking Says There Are No Black Holes

  Physicist Stephen Hawking on a Zero-Gravity Flight, 2007 Jim…
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Some unusual celestial objects, Part 4 – Cepheid variables

Hubble view of a Cepheid variable star [caption id="attachment_3858" align="aligncenter"…
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Comet ISON dies as it rounds the Sun

Comet ISON comes in from the bottom right and moves…
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