Galaxy Murder Mystery
January 17, 2017It’s the big astrophysical whodunnit. Across the Universe, galaxies are being killed and the question scientists want answered is, what’s killing them? New research published today by a global team of researchers, based at ICRAR, seeks to answer that question.
Fatal attraction burns bright between star and black hole
December 13, 2016An extraordinarily brilliant point of light seen in a distant galaxy, and dubbed ASASSN-15lh, was thought to be the brightest supernova ever seen. But new observations from several observatories, including ESO, have now cast doubt on this classification.
Cosmic Eye goes viral
December 12, 2016ICRAR researcher Dr Danail Obreschkow made the short film and iPhone app “Cosmic Eye” as an outreach initiative.