The Universe is a magnetic minefield. Spinning star systems crackle and explode, magnetic monsters rip worlds apart, star-quakes shoot beams of devastating energy, and galactic flamethrowers fire ...

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Or maybe not. Plenty of experts take issue with the idea that we’ve been fundamentally wrong about everything, but the point is, the people who are possibly getting something wrong this week ...

Beneath the hood of your car lies the history of the Universe. The iron in your chassis, the gold in your stereo and the copper in your electronics all owe their existence to violent cosmic events ...