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Antikythera mechanism in National Archaeological Museum, Athens, Greece. Viacheslav Lopatin/Shutterstock

April 16, 2023

Humans have been predicting eclipses for thousands of years, but it’s harder than you might think

Aaron Robotham, The University of Western Australia and Sabine Bellstedt, The University of Western Australia

Calculating when and where exactly we can watch an eclipse in its full glory can be surprisingly hard.

ESO/WFI (Optical); MPIfR/ESO/APEX/A.Weiss et al. (Submillimetre); NASA/CXC/CfA/R.Kraft et al. (X-ray)

December 14, 2021

Some black holes are anything but black – and we’ve found more than 75,000 of the brightest ones

Jessica Thorne, The University of Western Australia and Sabine Bellstedt, The University of Western Australia

Despite the name, some black holes effectively “shine” as they suck up nearby material with such force that it begins to glow. New research reveals a new method for detecting these active black holes.

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September 10, 2020

Astronomers create 40% more carbon emissions than the average Australian. Here’s how they can be more environmentally friendly

Adam R. H. Stevens, The University of Western Australia and Sabine Bellstedt, The University of Western Australia

Supercomputing, frequent flying and powering up observatories: astronomy has an enormous carbon footprint.

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