Big black hole has an appetite like a bottomless pit
The fastest growing black hole in the Universe is exceedingly hungry and gorges on approximately one sun every day. The Australian National University’s Dr Christopher Onken and his team...
Astronomy
Black hole’s star attraction
Seen those pictures of a giant snake swallowing a crocodile? Try witnessing a black hole eating a neutron star....
Cosmic ray of sunshine sheds light on superbubbles
Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No, it’s a superbubble! Hundreds of light-years wide, superbubbles in outer...
Cosmic ray of sunshine sheds light on superbubbles
Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No, it’s a superbubble! Hundreds of light-years wide, superbubbles in outer...
Way out, warped and weird: astronomers discover fault in our stars
Like all good stories, the history of our galaxy has a twist in the tail. Researchers at Macquarie University...
13-billion-year-old galaxy a glimpse into the universe’s ancient past
Imagine being able to see all the way back to the Big Bang and the early days of our...
Invention may help protect astronauts from radiation
ANU scientists have designed a new nano-material that can reflect or transmit light on demand, opening the door to...
Remarkable planet discovery by USQ student
Evidence of a new planet orbiting a binary star (two stars that orbit a common centre of mass) has...
Origin of antimatter in the Milky Way revealed
Most of the antimatter in the Milky Way forms from the interaction of two dying stars, a team of...
Helping humans walk on Mars
A new study to increase understanding of how conditions in space affect astronauts’ proprioception, or movement sense, will help...