Astronomers see a ‘Space Jellyfish’
March 18, 2021A radio telescope located in outback Western Australia has observed a cosmic phenomenon with a striking resemblance to a jellyfish.
Curtin researcher helps find largest supernova remnant by looking in right place
March 5, 2021An international team of researchers, using powerful new X-ray telescope eROSITA to conduct the first all-sky X-ray survey in 25 years, have detected the largest supernova remnant ever discovered with X-rays, dubbed Hoinga.
Ghost particle from shredded star reveals cosmic particle accelerator
February 23, 2021From a black hole to the South Pole: Scientists identify first neutrino from a tidal disruption event.
Big galaxies steal star-forming gas from their smaller neighbours
February 23, 2021Large galaxies are known to strip the gas that occupies the space between the stars of smaller satellite galaxies. In research published today, astronomers have…
First black hole ever detected is more massive than we thought
February 19, 2021New observations of the first black hole ever detected have led astronomers to question what they know about the Universe’s most mysterious objects.
FRB paper a prize winner
February 11, 2021A paper published in Science, & involving several ICRAR researchers, has won the prestigious AAAS Newcomb Cleveland Prize. Every year hundreds of ground-breaking research papers…
