BLACK HOLE SURPRISE IN ANCIENT STAR CLUSTER
October 4, 2012Astronomers have made the unexpected discovery of two black holes inside an ancient cluster of stars in our galaxy, the Milky Way.
THE MILKY WAY NOW HAS A TWIN (OR TWO)
September 17, 2012Research presented today at the IAU General Assembly in Beijing has found the first group of galaxies that is just like ours, a rare sight in the local Universe.
ASTRONOMICAL SUPERCOMPUTERS OF THE FUTURE COULD HAVE INTEL INSIDE
September 17, 2012Last month researchers from Perth’s ICRAR joined global computing giant Intel in Germany at the launch of the new “many-core” processor called Xeon Phi.
WIGGLEZ CONFIRMS THE BIG PICTURE OF THE UNIVERSE
September 17, 2012New data from a recently completed galaxy survey was published last night by a PhD student from ICRAR.
DINKUM SCIENCE ON DUNNY DOORS
August 1, 2012Did you know that Uranus contains fart gases? Facts and more will be on display on the back of toilet doors across Perth leading up to National Science Week in August.
AUSTRALIA TO SHARE IN WORLD’S LARGEST TELESCOPE
May 25, 2012Researchers at ICRAR are celebrating today after hearing that Australia will share in hosting the world’s largest telescope – the Square Kilometre Array (SKA).
