Neutron Star

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Using neutron stars to detect dark matter

The search for dark matter may need a detector larger than we can build on Earth, but it could be that a neutron star can do the job

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Riding the gravitational wave

Scientists have just confirmed that their third observation of gravitational waves was a success. But what are gravitational waves? And why are astronomers jumping up and down with excitement?

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Revealed: The billion-year soundbite

Einstein was right all along. The discovery of gravitational waves proves the universe is talking to us – and listening to it will take us to places we’ve never been before

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What’s the heaviest thing in the universe?

Clue: it’s not the shopping bags you’ll lug out of the supermarket tomorrow - but it does fit neatly into a teaspoon