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Staring down the throat of an ancient, *extremely* distant black hole
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The Universe is 13.77 billion years old. Probably. Maybe a little less. We're not sure.
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Axions, dark matter, and neutron stars: How to find the Universe's most mysterious matter
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Is dark matter made of teeny tiny black holes from another universe? Welllll…
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What's the matter with the Universe? About 31%.
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Why is there a normal galaxy sitting at the edge of the Universe?
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The *entire* sky glows from the light of distant hydrogen. All of it, everywhere.
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Physicist predicts the 'mindboggling' number of years before the universe ends
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A huge distant galaxy went from making billions of stars to suddenly stopping. Why?
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Feb 6, 2020
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The Sunburst Arc: A quirk of gravity reveals how the infant Universe lit up
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Nov 18, 2019
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The Legacy of Hubble: One image, a quarter MILLION galaxies
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May 3, 2019
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A quasar at the edge of the observable Universe shines with the light of 10 *trillion* Suns
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Jan 18, 2019
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Pale, dusty dots
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Jan 11, 2019
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Measuring all the light in the Universe. All of it. Ever.
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Nov 30, 2018
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A gigantic galactic city — still under construction — seen clear across the Universe
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