Star formation may be halted by cold ionised hydrogen
July 9, 2019For the first time ionised hydrogen has been detected at the lowest frequency ever towards the centre of our galaxy.
Spinning black hole sprays light-speed plasma clouds into space
April 29, 2019Australian researchers using a CSIRO radio telescope in Western Australia have nearly doubled the known number of ‘fast radio bursts’— powerful flashes of radio waves from deep space.
Telescopes team up to study giant galaxy
December 12, 2017Astronomers have used two Australian radio telescopes and several optical telescopes to study complex mechanisms that are fuelling jets of material blasting away from a black hole 55 million times more massive than the Sun.