On the case of the “missing” helium
Computer simulation of low-mass stars could explain the shorftall in the measured amount of helium-3 in the cosmos
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
Doughnuts cause stars to gain weight
Astronomers find new evidence that could explain how massive stars are formed.
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Impossible supernova confounds astronomers
Re-evaluation of astronomical distances could be necessary
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Grand deuterium challenge unveiled
Researchers propose a way to directly measure the amount of deuterium in the early Universe
Hidden hydrogen could force galaxy rethink
Astrophysicists using NASA's FUSE satellite have found more deuterium than previously thought
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Gravity lens reveals dark matter
Multiple observations of colliding galaxies provide evidence of dark matter
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COBE team wins cosmology prize
Astrophysicists honoured for their work on the cosmic microwave background
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Galaxy survey fails to add up
Californian astronomers are bewildered by strange anomaly in number of galaxies
String theory gets knotted
Venting anger at string theorists
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