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The unprecedented signal likely comes from a set of merging galaxies eight billion light-years away.

The bright flash has cosmologists adjusting their models on how such intergalactic energy behaves. The bright flash has cosmologists adjusting their models on how such intergalactic energy behaves.

The fast radio burst (FRB) is also one of the most energetic ever observed.

Today is Budget Day with the proceedings kicking off at 2 pm.

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How do you make a supernova without hydrogen and helium lines? The answer may surprise you! (It's probably binary stars)

On the 3rd of June, the space community bade farewell to Georg von Tiesenhausen, mathematician, rocket scientist and the last surviving member of Wernher von Braun’s V2 research team. Von Tiesenhausen’s work was crucial to the space race, the Latvia-born scientist having been credited with the design of the Lunar Rover among others. Georg von Tiesenhausen Called a Rare and … [Read more...]