Astronomical Investment for UWA
August 31, 2018Are dark matter and dark energy real? How UWA is teaming up with leading Australian and European institutions to unlock two of the most compelling mysteries in contemporary physics.
Clandestine Black Hole May Represent New Population
June 28, 2016Astronomers have combined data from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory, the Hubble Space Telescope and the National Science Foundation’s Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array (VLA) to conclude that a peculiar source of radio waves thought to be a distant galaxy is actually a nearby binary star system containing a low-mass star and a black hole.
A Flying Visit by Australia’s Astronaut
August 18, 2010Dr Andy Thomas is Australia’s first astronaut in space and is heading to Perth from 13th-15th September to let us know what it is like beyond the horizon.
