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Scientists discover most powerful particle collider in the universe
By Paul Sutter published
Scientists may have discovered the most powerful particle colliders in the universe — and they're strewn throughout our galaxy just waiting to blow.

Astronomers spy puzzlingly 'perfect' cosmic orb with unknown size and location
By Harry Baker published
New radio images reveal an unusually faint and symmetrical supernova remnant, nicknamed Telios, lurking just below the galactic plane of the Milky Way. However, they cannot tell exactly where it is, how big it is or how it formed.

Extreme 'zombie star' capable of ripping human atoms apart is shooting through the Milky Way — and nobody knows where it came from
By Harry Baker published
Astronomers have discovered that the magnetar SGR 0501+4516 is speeding through our galaxy at more than 110,000 mph. This unusually fast speed hints that it was not born as expected, which could help explain the puzzling origin of some fast radio bursts.

Weird repeating nova explosion is one of the hottest blasts ever seen
By Shreejaya Karantha published
Researchers conducted the first-ever near-infrared analysis of an extragalactic recurrent nova and found it is one of the hottest nova explosions ever discovered.

Scientists find evidence of 'supernova graveyard' at the bottom of the sea — and possibly on the surface of the moon
By Jenna Ahart published
After finding the debris of two colliding stars swimming in the ocean, researchers are after more evidence from the lunar soil.

The universe's water is billions of years older than scientists thought — and may be nearly as old as the Big Bang itself
By Joanna Thompson published
A new study suggests that water first appeared in the universe just a couple hundred million years after the Big Bang — meaning life could have evolved billions of years earlier than previously thought.

Fast radio burst traced to the outskirts of an ancient 'graveyard' galaxy — and the cause remains a mystery
By Jenna Ahart last updated
Scientists have traced a repeating fast radio burst (FRB) to the edge of an ancient galaxy where star formation has drastically dropped. Researchers are struggling to explain what caused it.

Did a supernova 6 million years ago kickstart evolution in Africa? New study offers a clue
By Ben Turner published
A curious connection between an ancient supernova and virus diversification in one of Earth's biggest lakes means that crazy cosmic events may have had more influence on our planet than we thought.
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