Star in closest orbit ever seen around black hole
March 14, 2017Astronomers have found evidence of a star that whips around a likely black hole twice an hour. This could be the tightest orbital dance ever seen by a black hole and a companion star in our own Milky Way galaxy.
Star clusters discovery could upset the astronomical applecart
March 7, 2017The discovery of young stars in old star clusters could send scientists back to the drawing board for one of the Universe’s most common objects.
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.
