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October 2003
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Two spacecraft help discover a black hole buried in a gas cocoon.
By Andrew Fazekas
Published: October 28, 2003
Hubble Space Telescope
The most distant supernovae ever seen confirm that the universe's expansion first slowed down before it started speeding up.
Amanda Gefter
Published: October 26, 2003
Astronomers prove to be on the right track with their first map of the high-energy neutrino sky.
By William Schomaker
Published: October 17, 2003
MAGIC
MAGIC, the world's largest gamma-ray telescope, officially begins operation.
By Jeremy McGovern
Published: October 12, 2003
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