Writing their name in the stars: citizen scientists discover huge galaxy cluster
June 14, 2016Two volunteer participants in an international citizen science project have had a rare galaxy cluster that they found named after them.
Astronomers smash cosmic records to see hydrogen in distant galaxy
June 2, 2016An international team of scientists has pushed the limits of radio astronomy to detect a faint signal emitted by hydrogen gas in a galaxy more than five billion light years away—almost double the previous record.
Astrofest delighted Perth stargazing crowds
March 21, 2016Once again Perth's annual astronomy festival 'Astrofest' delighted the public.
ICRAR Chair Bernard Bowen awarded honorary degree
March 17, 2016Bernard Bowen has been awarded an honorary Doctor of Letters by The University of Western Australia.
LIGO makes waves with gravitational announcement, and Australian telescopes follow up
March 7, 2016Several weeks ago, physicists at LIGO made waves with the announcement that gravitational waves had finally been observed 100 years after Albert Einstein predicted their existence.
Galaxy trailed by stunning plume of gas
February 22, 2016Astronomers have discovered a spectacular tail of gas more than 300,000 light years across coming from a nearby galaxy.
