Absence of fast radio bursts at intermediate Galactic latitude

The majority of the enigmatic bright pulses called fast radio bursts (FRBs) have been found at high Galactic latitudes. The bursts are thought to originate in distant Galaxies, and the sparser interstellar medium at high latitudes might make them easier to detect. But...

SAMI observes shifty black holes as loners, not pairs

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...

New capability: high-time resolution recording added to the MWA

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...

2MASS Tully-Fisher Survey maps the mass of the local Universe

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’:...

CAASTRO members’ contribution to MWA research honoured

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...