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Star in closest orbit ever seen around black hole

March 14, 2017

Astronomers have found evidence of a star that whips around a likely black hole twice an hour. This could be the tightest orbital dance ever seen by a black hole and a companion star in our own Milky Way galaxy.

Star in closest orbit ever seen around black hole

Minor planet named Bernard

February 17, 2017

A minor planet in the Solar System will officially be known as Bernardbowen from today after Australian citizen science project theSkyNet won a competition to name the celestial body.

Minor planet named Bernard

A flying classroom and a trip to the South Pole

January 24, 2017

On Australia Day (January 26), 18 high school students from Kent Street High School in Perth will board a Qantas Boeing 747 aircraft and fly over the South Magnetic Pole.

A flying classroom and a trip to the South Pole

Galaxy Murder Mystery

January 17, 2017

It’s the big astrophysical whodunnit. Across the Universe, galaxies are being killed and the question scientists want answered is, what’s killing them? New research published today by a global team of researchers, based at ICRAR, seeks to answer that question.

Galaxy Murder Mystery