Detailed cross-section of another galaxy reveals surprising similarities to our home Image Paper details, authors and affiliations Media release below The first detailed cross-section of a galaxy broadly similar to the Milky Way, published today, reveals that our galaxy evolved gradually, instead of being the result of a violent mash-up. The finding throws the origin…
Sky-gazers visit the region to get kids dancing with the STARS Astronomers, students and telescopes available for photographs. Key dates and locations: April 29, morning: Riverside High School, 354 West Tamar Road, Launceston; Jay Duggan: 03 6327 6333April 29, afternoon: Exeter High School, 28 Glen Ard Mohr Road, Exeter; Greg Finnigan: 03 6394 4366April 30,…
Modelling shows urgent need to revamp hiring and working conditions for astronomers Image Paper details, authors and affiliations More about ASTRO 3D Media release below It will take until at least 2080 before women make up just one-third of Australia’s professional astronomers, an analysis published today in the journal Nature Astronomy reveals. “Astronomers have been…
Galaxies with extended disks maintain productivity, research reveals Image, video, GIFs Paper details, authors and affiliations More about ASTRO 3D Media release below Massive galaxies with extra-large extended “puffy” disks produced stars for longer than their more compact cousins, new modelling reveals. In a paper published in the Astrophysical Journal, researchers led by Dr Anshu…
Completion of Australian-led astronomy project sheds light on the evolution of the Universe Image, video, GIFs Paper details, authors and affiliations More about ASTRO 3D Media release below The complex mechanics determining how galaxies spin, grow, cluster and die have been revealed following the release of all the data gathered during a massive seven-year Australian-led…
Astronomers head to the country to spark student interest in what lies above. Images Additional Information Media release below Children in remote and regional schools will soon be visited by astronomers bearing gifts in a quest to kindle interest in the cosmos. The scientists – drawn from the ranks of the ARC Centre of Excellence…
Australian telescopes and European satellite combine to reveal unexpected motions among the Galaxy’s rarest objects Image Additional Information Media release below Theories on how the Milky Way formed are set to be rewritten following discoveries about the behaviour of some of its oldest stars. An investigation into the orbits of the Galaxy’s metal-poor stars –…
Australian-led GALAH project releases chemical information for 600,000 stars. Image Additional Information Media release below How do stars destroy lithium? Was a drastic change in the shape of the Milky Way caused by the sudden arrival of millions of stellar stowaways? These are just a couple of the astronomical questions likely to be answered following…
Images Additional Information Media release below Australian researchers find ways to overcome the blinding glare of quasars The telescope, due to launch in late 2021, is the largest, most powerful and complex space telescope ever built. Two new studies led by Madeline Marshall from Australia’s University of Melbourne and the ARC Centre of Excellence in…
Colliding neutron stars were touted as the main source of some of the heaviest elements in the Periodic Table. Now, not so much … Neutron star collisions do not create the quantity of chemical elements previously assumed, a new analysis of galaxy evolution finds. The research also reveals that current models can’t explain the amount…