Clandestine Black Hole May Represent New Population
June 28, 2016Astronomers have combined data from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory, the Hubble Space Telescope and the National Science Foundation’s Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array (VLA) to conclude that a peculiar source of radio waves thought to be a distant galaxy is actually a nearby binary star system containing a low-mass star and a black hole.
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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.
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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.
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Astrofest delighted Perth stargazing crowds
March 21, 2016Once again Perth's annual astronomy festival 'Astrofest' delighted the public.
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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.
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Astrofest 2016
March 12, 2016Australia’s largest annual astronomy festival is returning in 2016! Astrofest, a vibrant celebration of astronomy and Western Australian science, will be held at Curtin Stadium…
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