Cosmology Research update Nobel prize shared for cosmic microwave background studies Mather and Smoot win Nobel Prize in Physics for shedding light on the origins of the Universe
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Telescopes and space missions Research update Grand deuterium challenge unveiled Researchers propose a way to directly measure the amount of deuterium in the early Universe
Read article: Hidden hydrogen could force galaxy rethink Stars and solar physics Research update Hidden hydrogen could force galaxy rethink Astrophysicists using NASA's FUSE satellite have found more deuterium than previously thought
Read article: Gravity lens reveals dark matter Telescopes and space missions Research update Gravity lens reveals dark matter Multiple observations of colliding galaxies provide evidence of dark matter
Read article: COBE team wins cosmology prize Telescopes and space missions Research update COBE team wins cosmology prize Astrophysicists honoured for their work on the cosmic microwave background
Telescopes and space missions Research update Galaxy survey fails to add up Californian astronomers are bewildered by strange anomaly in number of galaxies
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Cosmology Research update From the present to the past Stephen Hawking unveils radical new approach to understanding the universe