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Eleven year cosmic search leads to black hole rethink

September 25, 2015

An 11-year search performed with CSIRO’s Parkes telescope has shown that an expected background of waves is missing, casting doubt on our understanding of galaxies and black holes.

Volunteer black hole hunters as good as the experts

September 7, 2015

Trained volunteers are as good as professional astronomers at finding jets shooting from massive black holes and matching them to their host galaxies, research suggests.

Scientists measure Slow Death of the Universe

August 11, 2015

An international team of astronomers studying 200,000 galaxies has measured the energy generated within a large portion of space more precisely than ever before, discovering that it’s only half what it was 2 billion years ago and fading – the Universe is slowly dying.

Super Star takes on Black Holes in Jet Contest

August 4, 2015

A super-dense star formed in the aftermath of a supernova explosion is shooting out powerful jets of material into space, research suggests.

Dead galaxies in Coma Cluster may be packed with dark matter

July 20, 2015

Galaxies in a cluster roughly 300 million light years from Earth could contain as much as 100 times more dark matter than visible matter, according to an Australian study.

What happens when Cosmic Giants meet Galactic Dwarfs?

July 13, 2015

When two different sized galaxies smash together, the larger galaxy stops the smaller one making new stars, according to a study of more than 20,000 merging galaxies.