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  • Thursday, 12 May, 2022
    Astronomers release first image of supermassive black hole at centre of Milky Way

    Collapsed star located 25,000 light years from Earth identified using Event Horizon Telescope

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  • Thursday, 28 April, 2022
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    This is a time machine that will allow us to look back at our cosmic origins

  • Monday, 22 November, 2021
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    This week, humanity will for the first time set out to move an object in the solar system

  • Thursday, 18 November, 2021
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  • Friday, 13 August, 2021
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