Big galaxies steal star-forming gas from their smaller neighbours
February 23, 2021Large galaxies are known to strip the gas that occupies the space between the stars of smaller satellite galaxies. In research published today, astronomers have…
Astronomers see ‘cosmic ring of fire’, 11 billion years ago
May 26, 2020Astronomers have captured an image of a super-rare type of galaxy – described as a “cosmic ring of fire” – as it existed 11 billion years ago.
WA science and industry leaders put their heads together to search for the first stars and galaxies
March 24, 2020The team from ICRAR, Pawsey Supercomputing Centre, and DUG used hundreds of hours of observations from the MWA radio telescope collected over five years.