Volunteer black hole hunters as good as the experts
September 7, 2015Trained volunteers are as good as professional astronomers at finding jets shooting from massive black holes and matching them to their host galaxies, research suggests.
Scientists measure Slow Death of the Universe
August 11, 2015An international team of astronomers studying 200,000 galaxies has measured the energy generated within a large portion of space more precisely than ever before, discovering that it’s only half what it was 2 billion years ago and fading – the Universe is slowly dying.
Super Star takes on Black Holes in Jet Contest
August 4, 2015A super-dense star formed in the aftermath of a supernova explosion is shooting out powerful jets of material into space, research suggests.
Dead galaxies in Coma Cluster may be packed with dark matter
July 20, 2015Galaxies in a cluster roughly 300 million light years from Earth could contain as much as 100 times more dark matter than visible matter, according to an Australian study.
What happens when Cosmic Giants meet Galactic Dwarfs?
July 13, 2015When two different sized galaxies smash together, the larger galaxy stops the smaller one making new stars, according to a study of more than 20,000 merging galaxies.
Galaxy’s snacking habits revealed
May 21, 2015A team of Australian and Spanish astronomers have caught a greedy galaxy gobbling on its neighbours and leaving crumbs of evidence about its dietary past.
