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Scientists discover more about the ingredients for star formation

October 10, 2017

Astronomers have shed fresh light on the importance of hydrogen atoms in the birth of new stars. Only hydrogen molecules are thought to directly fuel star formation but research published today shows there are more hydrogen atoms than molecules even in young galaxies that are making a lot of stars.

Scientists discover more about the ingredients for star formation

Honey I shrunk… the globular cluster?

June 2, 2017

New 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.

Honey I shrunk… the globular cluster?

A new Cosmic Dawn rises

April 21, 2017

A 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.

A new Cosmic Dawn rises