Embargo: 7 pm AEDT, Friday 6 September 2024 (10 am, London time, 05:00 US Eastern Time) The inside story of a galaxy’s long reach into space A shroud of gas stretches up to a million light years around every galaxy and is its first interaction with the wider Universe beyond. For the first time scientists…
On UN International Day of Charity (5 September), Better Futures Australia celebrates the tireless work of charities in catalysing climate action. Join them at the third Better Futures Forum 10-11 September: National Film and Sound Archive, Canberra More and more Aussies are giving to trusted charities in the climate space, while others are rolling up…
Join them at the third Better Futures Forum 10-11 September: National Film and Sound Archive, Canberra Hear how communities are acting faster, from the ground up, demonstrating greater climate ambition than the Australian government. But we’re being held back….
Stars and dark matter are not interacting in ‘impossible ways’ A longstanding ‘conspiracy’ in astronomy – that stars and dark matter are interacting in inexplicable ways – has been overturned by an international team of astronomers, in a paper today in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (MNRAS). The authors are based in Australia, the UK,…
Wednesday 14 August Highlights from day 5 of National Science Week Researchers, experts, and other interesting people available for interview around the country. VIC: Hedy Lamarr’s Hollywood glamour and scientific genius on stage – Bendigo & Melbourne NSW: Celestial Emu premier with Gamilaroi astrophysicist Karlie Noon and dancer Daniel Mateo ACT: Surviving in the wilderness…
Monday 12 August Highlights from day 3 of National Science Week Researchers, experts, and other interesting people available for interview around the country. ACT: Meet the inventor making steel from old tyres SA: Giant wombat, 2.5 metre kangaroo, Tasmanian tigers, and cool caves – online, via Naracoorte VIC: Breakfast in a petri dish: inside the…
Sunday 11 August Highlights from day 2 of National Science Week Researchers, experts, and other interesting people available for interview around the country. VIC: A morning with astronaut Katherine Bennell-Pegg at Scienceworks NSW: Meet a dinosaur (and others) at Lizard Log at Western Sydney Parklands QLD: Are robots rolling onto farms? Find out at Ekka…
Sydney, Australia, Wednesday, 1 May 2024 – Illumina, Inc. (NASDAQ: ILMN) With researchers, The Hon. David Harris MP, NSW Minister for Medical Research, Illumina, a global genomics and human health company, has partnered with the Garvan Institute of Medical Research’s TenK10K project to help transform the treatment of complex diseases, starting with autoimmune diseases, with…
An international team led by Australian research centre ASTRO 3D reports that age is the driving force in changing how stars move within galaxies. Galaxies start life with their stars rotating in an orderly pattern but in some the motion of stars is more random. Until now, scientists have been uncertain about what causes this…
Every clear night for decades, Rod Stubbings from Tetoora Road in Gippsland has looked at a set of about 700 stars annually, recording changes in their brightness. He is just one of three people worldwide to have made 400,000 measurements of the brightness of variable stars. His observations have helped astronomers in over a dozen…