Nov 18, 2016
A brief but brilliant burst of radiation that travelled at least a billion light years through Space to reach an Australian radio telescope last year has given scientists new insight into the fabric of the Universe. ICRAR-Curtin University’s Dr Ryan Shannon, who...
Oct 28, 2016
American theoretical physicist, Harvard Professor, best-selling author and advocate for gender equality in science Dr Lisa Randall is embarking on a speaking tour of Australia this November with the team behind the tours of Neil deGrasse Tyson, Brian Greene and Michio...
Oct 27, 2016
Published today in the Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, the GaLactic and Extragalactic All-sky MWA, or ‘GLEAM’ survey, has produced a catalogue of 300,000 galaxies observed by the Murchison Widefield Array (MWA), a $50 million radio telescope located...
Sep 16, 2016
For the second time since it was first observed in 1974, a nearby galaxy has mysteriously changed its look – making it one of only very few known cases, and the most dramatic one by far. Galaxy Mrk 1018, with a supermassive black hole at its centre, had been on the...
Sep 14, 2016
In research published today, Australian scientists have taken a critical step towards understanding why different types of galaxies exist throughout the Universe. The research, made possible by cutting-edge instrumentation, means that astronomers can now classify...
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