Honey I shrunk… the globular cluster?
June 2, 2017New simulation work from ICRAR’s Dr Kenji Bekki has predicted that globular clusters, collections of hundreds of thousands of stars inside galaxies, used to be much larger.
ASKAP telescope to rule radio-burst hunt
May 22, 2017A CSIRO telescope has found its first ‘fast radio burst’ from space after less than four days of searching.
A new Cosmic Dawn rises
April 21, 2017A new astronomy research centre of excellence will be established by the Danish Government to study how and when the first ever galaxies formed in our Universe.
Astronomers probe swirling particles in halo of starburst galaxy
March 28, 2017Astronomers have used a radio telescope in outback Western Australia to see the halo of a nearby starburst galaxy in unprecedented detail.
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.
Dr Luca Cortese awarded the Bappu Gold Medal
March 13, 2017ICRAR’s Dr Luca Cortese has been awarded the Bappu Gold Medal for contributions to astronomy and astrophysics by a young scientist.
