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We’ve found an answer to the puzzle of how the largest galaxies formed

It is as humbling as it is motivating to think about how much we still have to learn about the universe. My collaborators and I have just tackled one of astrophysics’ enduring mysteries: how massive elliptical galaxies can form.

The Conversation

Scientists find black hole powering a molecular gas fountain in the ancient universe

The ALMA telescope spotted a molecular gas outflow coming from a black hole-powered, 13-billion-year-old quasar, explaining why some galaxies stop forming stars.

Space

Space photo of the week: 'Magical' Milky Way cuts through the Valley of the Moon in Chile's Atacama Desert

Astrophotographer Petr Horálek shot this image of the Milky Way dazzling above strange geological formations in the desert close to the ALMA radio telescope array in Chile.

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See the highest-resolution image ever snapped by ALMA radio telescope

A new calibration technique allowed the ALMA radio telescope to capture its highest-resolution image ever, featuring a star in the final stages of its evolution.

Space

1st black hole ever imaged by humans has twisted magnetic fields and scientists are thrilled

Observations from the Event Horizon Telescope show that the supermassive black hole at the heart of the galaxy M87 has twisted magnetic fields that help matter and light escape from the immense gravity in its vicinity.

Space

Supermassive Black Holes Posses A Strange Mechanism That Prevents Overeating

A supermassive black hole in a nearby galaxy violently shoves away 97 percent of nearby matter, disrupting star formation in the process.

Inverse

‘I don’t come here to enjoy other people’s children!’ Should pubs and restaurants be kid-free zones?

Children were once banned from most British pubs. Some owners and customers miss ‘the good old days’ – but can they really turn back the clock?

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Ballet Flamenco Sara Baras: Alma review – mesmerising power and fluency

The Spanish star kicks off London’s annual Flamenco festival with a dazzling bolero-infused tribute to her late father

The Guardian - UK

Galaxy cluster spied forming in early universe (photos, video)

Hot gas has been detected in a young proto-galaxy cluster in the early universe for the first time, shedding more light on how cluster components come together.

Space

Astronomers Use the Last Light of the Big Bang to Solve a Galactic Mystery

The cosmic microwave background is the faint glow of a cooling universe — and astronomers just used it to track how galactic clusters form.

Inverse

Chile's ALMA observatory resumes work after cyberattack

Santiago (AFP) - The ALMA telescope in the Chilean Andes has resumed operations nearly two months after shuttering due to a cyberattack, the observatory said Wednesday.

AFP

The Crown slammed by Princess Diana's friends for filming her final hours before tragic death

Witnesses claim that the fictional drama based on the Royal Family filmed scenes where Elizabeth Debicki, who plays the late Diana, could be seen in a black Mercedes just 100 yards from the Alma tunnel, Paris.

Daily Record

Princess Diana still revered 25 years after fatal Paris crash

The story of Princess Diana’s death at age 36 in a horror crash at the entrance to the Pont de l’Alma tunnel in Paris continues to shock after a quarter-century.

Radio France Internationale

Mourners mark Princess Diana's death in Paris, 25 years on

Mourners marked the 25th anniversary of Princess Diana's death in Paris on Wednesday, laying flowers and leaving messages on the bridge above the underpass where she was killed in a car crash.

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Mourners Mark Princess Diana’s Death in Paris, 25 Years on

Mourners marked the 25th anniversary of Princess Diana's death in Paris on Wednesday, laying flowers and leaving messages on the bridge above the underpass where she was killed in a car crash. Blooms and pictures of Diana adorned the gold-leaf covered Flame of Liberty, a replica of the torch of…

Daily Mirror

Inside Kent's 'worst hotel' where people 'warned not to drink the tap water'

Reporter Sam Honey headed to two-star Hostel Alma in Dover and, perhaps unsurprisingly, after a less than agreeable stay vowed never to return

Space

Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) radio telescope: How it works and top discoveries

Learn all about the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter (ALMA) radio telescope, including what it does, how it works and its top discoveries.

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