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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…
At least one in a dozen stars show evidence of planetary ingestion according to a paper published in Nature today. The international research team studied twin stars that should have identical composition. But, in about eight percent of cases, they differ, perplexing astronomers. The team, led by ASTRO 3D researchers has found that the difference…
Galaxies and stars developed faster after the Big Bang than expected Detailed pictures of one of the very first galaxies show growth was much faster than we thought An international research team have made unprecedentedly detailed observations of the earliest merger of galaxies ever witnessed. They suggest stars developed much faster and more efficiently than…
Sunday is World Hearing Day. Many people wait too long to act with hearing issues that could be improved. MindEar’s audiologists and tinnitus researchers are available for media interviews Saturday and Sunday morning to encourage people to do something about their hearing issues. Details below Changing mindsets: Let’s make ear and hearing care a reality…