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15 May 2008
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Top Story: A mysterious dark energy fills the universe...
By Rhiannon Buck
Dark energy makes the universe fly apart like a runaway freight train and keeps space-time flat as a pancake, but what is it? Hypothetical 'dark energy' is the most popular way of explaining why the universe is expanding at an ever increasing...
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Ancient Chinese Astronomy: New insights from old information
Ancient Chinese Astronomy: New insights from old information
China has the world’s longest-running observations of the sky: though based in astrology, they...
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More 2007 meteor showers on the way!
More 2007 meteor showers on the way!
If you were disappointed that you missed the recent Perseid meteor shower, don’t fret there’s...
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Bright Star
By John Keats
Bright star, would I were stedfast as thou art -Not in lone splendour hung aloft the nightAnd watching, with eternal...
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The largest known Nebula (cloud of gas and dust) is the Tarantula Nebula, named for its shape.
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Comet Holmes - A big surprise!
It wasn’t supposed to be a big show – but it is. Visible in the night sky without binoculars...
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