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.
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Cosmic Eye goes viral
December 12, 2016ICRAR researcher Dr Danail Obreschkow made the short film and iPhone app “Cosmic Eye” as an outreach initiative.
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Italy and Australia unite over world’s most ambitious telescope
October 31, 2016The world’s biggest telescope, the Square Kilometre Array (SKA), will be the hot topic of discussion for a joint Italian-Australian meeting held in Perth this week.
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