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Astronomers shed light on different galaxy types

September 14, 2016

Australian scientists have taken a critical step towards understanding why different types of galaxies exist throughout the Universe.

World’s biggest telescope meets world’s second fastest supercomputer

August 22, 2016

A prototype part of the software system to manage data from the Square Kilometre Array (SKA) telescope has run on the world’s second fastest supercomputer in China.

Ten trillionths of your suntan comes from beyond our galaxy

August 12, 2016

In a study published today, astronomers have accurately measured the light hitting the Earth from outside our galaxy over a very broad wavelength range.

Australian researchers have developed ultra-accurate synchronisation tech for largest telescope

July 1, 2016

Last week, a team of Australian researchers successfully completed ‘Astronomical Verification’ of a critical sub-system of the Square Kilometre Array (SKA)—the forthcoming radio telescope that will be the largest and most sensitive on Earth.

Clandestine Black Hole May Represent New Population

June 28, 2016

Astronomers 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.

Writing their name in the stars: citizen scientists discover huge galaxy cluster

June 14, 2016

Two volunteer participants in an international citizen science project have had a rare galaxy cluster that they found named after them.