ImagesAdditional InformationMedia release below Australian researchers find ways to overcome the blinding glare of quasars The telescope, due to launch in late 2021, is the largest, most …
Can you see the stars?
Who has the darkest skies? Tell us what you can see on the longest night, help us map Australia’s light pollution, and set a world record Stunning video overlay and photos, spokespeople in all …
Hungry galaxies grow fat on the flesh of their neighbours
Full paper available here, read on for media release, photos, captions and background information. Modelling shows big galaxies get bigger by merging with smaller ones Galaxies grow large …
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Star-quake vibrations lead to new estimate for Milky Way age
Data gathered by NASA’s now defunct Kepler telescope provides a solution to an astronomical mystery. Star-quakes recorded by NASA’s Kepler space telescope have helped answer a long-standing …
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Anaemic star carries the mark of its ancient ancestor
Australian-led astronomers find the most iron-poor star in the Galaxy, hinting at the nature of the first stars in the Universe. A newly discovered ancient star containing a record-low amount of …
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