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Latest media releases
DARK MATTER HALF WHAT WE THOUGHT, SAY SCIENTISTS
October 10, 2014A 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, 2014Astronomers 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, 2014Massive galaxies in the Universe have stopped making their own stars and are instead snacking on nearby galaxies, according to research by Australian scientists.
CARBON MONOXIDE PREDICTS ‘RED AND DEAD’ FUTURE OF GAS GUZZLER GALAXY
July 11, 2014Astronomers have studied the carbon monoxide in a galaxy over 12 billion light years from Earth and discovered that it’s running out of gas, quite literally, and headed for a ‘red and dead’ future.
LOCAL UNIVERSITY STUDENT RESEARCH RECOGNISED BY NASA
May 15, 2014A 25-year-old PhD student from Willeton has had his research recognised by NASA’s Space Telescope Science Institute for its contribution to their upcoming James Webb Space Telescope.
ASTRONOMERS HARNESS THE GALAXY’S BIGGEST TELESCOPE TO MAKE MOST PRECISE MEASUREMENT OF SPINNING STAR
May 6, 2014An international team of astronomers has made a measurement of a distant neutron star that is one million times more precise than the previous world’s best.
