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ASTRONOMERS DISSECT THE AFTERMATH OF A SUPERNOVA

January 27, 2015

In research published today in the Astrophysical Journal, an Australian led team of astronomers has used radio telescopes in Australia and Chile to see inside the remains of a supernova.

AUSTRALIAN AND KOREAN TELESCOPES CONNECTED FOR DETAILED VIEW OF THE UNIVERSE

December 4, 2014

CSIRO’s AUSTRALIA TELESCOPE COMPACT ARRAY (ATCA) is extending into exciting new territory to provide some of the very highest resolutions achievable on Earth by combining with other telescopes at high frequency bands used in Radio Astronomy.

ASTRONOMICAL INVESTMENT FOR SQUARE KILOMETRE ARRAY RADIO TELESCOPE

November 5, 2014

The University of Western Australia and the National Astronomical Observatories, Chinese Academy of Sciences (NAOC), has signed an agreement that will see up to 50 Chinese PhD students visit WA over the next five years.

DARK MATTER HALF WHAT WE THOUGHT, SAY SCIENTISTS

October 10, 2014

A new measurement of dark matter in the Milky Way has revealed there is half as much of the mysterious substance as previously thought.

Scientists spot jets from supermassive black hole snacking on a star

October 9, 2014

Astronomers have discovered a black hole that is consuming gas from a nearby star 10 times faster than previously thought possible.

MONSTER GALAXIES GAIN WEIGHT BY EATING SMALLER NEIGHBOURS

September 9, 2014

Massive galaxies in the Universe have stopped making their own stars and are instead snacking on nearby galaxies, according to research by Australian scientists.