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11 January 2012 Last updated at 05:06 ET

Galaxy cluster is named 'fat one'El Gordo cluster (Jack Hughes/Nasa)

Astronomers have found the largest known galaxy cluster in the ancient Universe, calling it "El Gordo" - Spanish for "the Fat One".

Vent fieldCayman vents are world's hottest

The world's deepest known volcanic vents are also the hottest, a UK-led expedition has indicated.

Crested macaques (c) Jerome MichelettaMonkeys 'follow friends first'

Crested macaque monkeys look to their friends for guidance more than to their family, according to scientists. BBC Nature

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Video tracks stricken Mars probe Watch

14:46 UK time, Friday, 6 January 2012

The failed Russian Mars probe Phobos-Grunt is pictured moving across the sky by the Paris-based amateur astronomer Thierry Legault.

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