Astronomers see ‘cosmic ring of fire’, 11 billion years ago
Unusual galaxy set to prompt rethink on how structures in the Universe form Full paper, Full video, and images available. Details below.
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Hungry galaxies grow fat on the flesh of their neighbours
Full paper available here, read on for media release, photos, captions and background information. Modelling shows big galaxies get bigger
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Star-quake vibrations lead to new estimate for Milky Way age
Data gathered by NASA’s now defunct Kepler telescope provides a solution to an astronomical mystery. Star-quakes recorded by NASA’s Kepler
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Not long ago, the centre of the Milky Way exploded
Researchers find evidence of a cataclysmic flare that punched so far out of the Galaxy its impact was felt 200,000
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And then there was light: looking for the first stars in the Universe
Researchers hunt for a 12-billion-year-old signal that marks the end of the post Big Bang “dark age”. Astronomers are closing
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Anaemic star carries the mark of its ancient ancestor
Australian-led astronomers find the most iron-poor star in the Galaxy, hinting at the nature of the first stars in the