11 Nov 2020

An international team of astronomers has challenged a popular theory that mysterious dark matter dominates gravity in the inner parts of spiral galaxies such...

16 Oct 2020

Lately the supergiant star has been behaving strangely.

13 Oct 2020

Astronomers have spotted a rare phenomenon - a star being ripped apart by a supermassive black hole in a process called "spaghettification".

25 Sep 2020

00:00 Dr Brad Tucker: Explosions and Collisions in Space 20:00 Dr Brad Tucker: virtual stargazing 33:13 Professor Naomi McClure-Griffiths: Getting to know...

25 Sep 2020

The Universe is full of the biggest and most powerful objects…and sometimes they explode and collide. Brad will talk about how active our Universe is from...

25 Sep 2020

The Magellanic Clouds are nearby galaxies visible with the naked eye from the Southern Hemisphere. I’ll describe how radio telescopes like the Australian...

21 Aug 2020

00:00:00 Professor Penny King: Lift Off to Mars – Exciting News About the Red Planet 00:37:24 Dr Brad Tucker: virtual stargazing 00:52:10 Professor Kate...

21 Aug 2020

Why do scientists send space craft to Mars? What have we found and what do we hope to find? When will humans get to go? Join Prof. Penny King for a virtual...

21 Aug 2020

What makes a highly effective space crew? How do we assess team functioning? What happens if things go wrong? Rather than only focusing on the selection and...

20 Aug 2020

An international team of researchers have discovered a dense, cold gas that's been shot out from the centre of the Milky Way "like bullets".

12 Aug 2020

Canberrans and Northern Territorians are being encouraged to beam a message to Australia and the globe via space for the world’s largest ever Satellite Selfie

6 Aug 2020

In this talk, Wei Shen will discuss what star clusters are, where they are normally located, and what they can be used for in astronomy research!