Jul 2, 2015
After two galaxies merge, their two supermassive black holes will fall to the centre of the merged galaxy, orbit each other in a binary system, and finally coalesce into a single black hole. It has been suggested that galaxies near the end of this process could be...
Jun 30, 2015
Some objects in the Universe happen so quickly that we need our telescopes to work on a high-time resolution (less than one second). Such data let us answer questions within high impact research areas such as pulsar emission and the recently detected, possibly...
Jun 26, 2015
In the expanding Universe, measurements of a source’s redshift refer to its relative velocity away from the observer, known as Hubble’s law, and its distance. Those galaxy redshifts that have been found to deviate from Hubble’s law are known as ‘peculiar velocities’:...
Jun 23, 2015
The IP & Science business of Thomson Reuters, the world’s leading provider of intelligent information for businesses and professionals, today is honoring 43 Australians and eight institutions leading scientific research and innovation in Australia at the 2015...
Jun 22, 2015
The seemingly peaceful night sky can make us forget how wild a place the Cosmos actually is. Supernovae, for instance, are the explosions of massive stars that end their lives violently. They are so energetic that they can affect the fate of their entire host galaxy....
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