Curtin researcher helps find largest supernova remnant by looking in right place
March 5, 2021An international team of researchers, using powerful new X-ray telescope eROSITA to conduct the first all-sky X-ray survey in 25 years, have detected the largest supernova remnant ever discovered with X-rays, dubbed Hoinga.
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Outback telescope captures Milky Way centre, discovers remnants of dead stars
November 20, 2019A radio telescope in the Western Australian outback has captured a spectacular new view of the centre of the galaxy in which we live, the Milky Way.
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Astronomers Observe the Magnetic Field of the Remains of Supernova 1987A
July 2, 2018For the first time, astronomers have directly observed the magnetism in one of astronomy’s most studied objects: the remains of Supernova 1987A (SN 1987A), a dying star that appeared in our skies over thirty years ago.
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