A team of Australian and European astronomers has discovered a highly unusual galaxy in the shape of an emerald-cut diamond roughly 70 million light years away. The astronomers - from Australia, Germany…
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In a result which has baffled astronomers at NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory, dark matter has been observed separating from…
When the Obama administration announced its proposed NASA budget in February, astronomers worldwide breathed a sigh of relief. Despite significant cuts in other areas, funding for the James Webb Space…
Astronomers at Swinburne University of Technology have discovered a densely-concentrated galaxy cluster 10.5 billion light-years…
The collision of several, massive galaxy clusters has left behind a clump of dark matter, potentially challenging existing…
The Intermediate Mass Black Hole HLX-1 is surrounded by a very young massive cluster of stars, researchers from the University…
What do black holes eat? And do supermassive black holes have fiercer appetites? Let’s remind ourselves of the facts. Lurking at the centre of the Milky Way is a monster, a giant black hole with a mass…
Today, the University of Melbourne’s Professor Stuart Wyithe was awarded the 2011 Malcolm McIntosh Prize for Physical Scientist of the Year for his work on the origin of galaxies. The multi-award winning…
Some astronomical questions can only be answered by looking at the whole sky all at once but the technology to do that doesn’t exist yet. Enter the new ARC Centre of Excellence for All-sky Astrophysics…
Fewer stars are forming in the universe than ever before because the gas is starting to run out. Distant (and hence older…
Where are we within our galaxy? How did our galaxy form? How did it evolve over the aeons? Astronomers have been asking these questions for the past century, and have recently begun discerning the answers…
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Professor of Astrophysics, University of Sydney
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ARC Australian Laureate Fellow, School of Physics, The University of Melbourne
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Professor, Macquarie University
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Postdoctoral research associate, The University of Western Australia
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Associate Professor in Astronomy, Monash University
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Associate Dean of Innovation and Engagement, Swinburne University of Technology
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ARC Laureate Fellow & Distinguished Professor, Centre for Astrophysics & Supercomputing, Swinburne University of Technology
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