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Quasars – The brightest mystery
Among the most distant objects we know of, quasars are celestial bodies shining so bright that they eclipse the ancient galaxies that host them. Quasars have fascinated astronomers since their…
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IC 1101 – The supergiant galaxy
Lurking around at the centre of the Abell 2029 galaxy cluster, in the constellation Virgo, is IC 1101 -a monster galaxy that makes our Milky Way look like a grain…
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UY Scuti – Meet a hypergiant star
Do you ever wonder about the size of the universe? Looking up at the sky, at all those stars, gives a pretty good idea, but can our brain even process…
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Sagittarius A* – Our backyard’s black hole
There’s nothing in the whole universe as mysterious and fascinating as black holes. First theorised by John Michell in 1783, and also predicted by Einstein’s Theory of General Relativity in…
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Black holes: the dark side of gravity
When Galileo Galilei first pointed his homemade telescope toward the sky in 1610, he couldn’t have possibly imagined that he was about to change astronomy forever. His discovery of Jupiter’s…
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The James Webb Space Telescope
Since the human race emerged on Earth several hundreds of thousands of years ago, men have been looking up at the sky in wonder, asking some very big questions. Why…
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The Pleiades
Located some 440 light years from Earth, in the constellation Taurus, the Pleiades is one of the most beautiful sights in the night sky: whether through the naked eye, an…
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Triangulum Galaxy
Sitting in the constellation Triangulum, the third largest galaxy of the Local Group is a stunning face-on spiral galaxy about half the size of the Milky Way. Home to 40…
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Andromeda Galaxy
Lurking in the Andromeda constellation, south-west of Cassiopeia, the Andromeda Galaxy is a barred spiral galaxy, similar to the one we leave in. Formed roughly 10 billion years ago, Andromeda…
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Orion Nebula
Shining bright in the constellation of Orion the Hunter, the Orion Nebula, with its gorgeous colours and distinctive features, is arguably one of the most beautiful areas of the winter…
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The Lonely Photon 