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Astronomical Investment for UWA

August 31, 2018

Are dark matter and dark energy real? How UWA is teaming up with leading Australian and European institutions to unlock two of the most compelling mysteries in contemporary physics.

Astronomical Investment for UWA

Scientists find evidence of far-distant neutrino source

July 13, 2018

An international team of scientists, including from the University of Adelaide and Curtin University, has found the first evidence of a source of high-energy particles called neutrinos: an energetic galaxy about 4 billion light years from Earth.

Scientists find evidence of far-distant neutrino source

Outback radio telescope listens in on interstellar visitor

April 10, 2018

A telescope in outback Western Australia has been used to listen to a mysterious cigar-shaped object that entered our Solar System late last year. The unusual object—known as ‘Oumuamua—came from another solar system, prompting speculation it could be an alien spacecraft.

Outback radio telescope listens in on interstellar visitor

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Date Title Source Type
29/03/2017 Astrónomos captan una visión sin precedentes del halo de una galaxia activa cercana lainformation.com online
29/03/2017 Halo Of Nearby Starburst Galaxy Seen In Detail International Business Times online
24/09/2016 A ‘game-changer in the search for aliens’: China switches on world’s biggest telescope The Telegraph online
26/10/2016 See Astronomers’ Hydrogen Map of Milky Way Galaxy with Unprecedented Detail Nature World News online
20/10/2016 Under the Milky Way: what a new map reveals about our galaxy The Conversation online
19/01/2017 Dark Matter Could Be Destroying Distant Galaxies Smithsonian Magazine online
14/03/2017 White dwarf X9 is closest star found orbiting a black hole at astonishing 12 million km/h The Sydney Morning Herald online
11/04/2017 SKA telescope project spurs Kiwi big data breakthrough Reseller News online
27/10/2016 Australian astronomers at ICRAR reveal how the sky would look in radio waves The Sydney Morning Herald online
26/10/2016 Lighting Up the Night Skies The New York Times online
05/05/2017 Friendly invitation to the universe The West Australian print
24/02/2017 The Square Kilometre Array: going to infinity and beyond Australian Financial Review print