Cosmic REBELS break the rules of galaxy formation
October 7, 2024Researchers have discovered the most distant Milky-Way-like galaxy yet observed.
Astronomers turn up the heavy metal to shed light on star formation
October 6, 2020Astronomers from The University of Western Australia’s node of the International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research (ICRAR) have developed a new way to study star formation in galaxies from the dawn of time to today.
Peer pressure on a galactic scale
July 21, 2010ICRAR astronomer Dr Kenji Bekki has discovered a previously unknown process that causes new stars to form in large clusters of galaxies.