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Will just any old water support life? This is a question that forms a central theme in the research of Eriita Jones, who is completing her PhD at the ANU Research School of Astronomy and Astrophysics.
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SkyMapper will be the first survey telescope to create a detailed digital map of the southern skies
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ANU researchers Dr Raquel Salmeron from the Research School of Astronomy and Astrophysics, and Dr Trevor Ireland from the Research School of Earth Sciences, have proposed a new theory as to how chondrules formed in the early solar system.
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In the case of protecting the Earth from a massive impact, a large part of that precaution is the Catalina Sky Survey.
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This is a really exciting opportunity not only to study a red dwarf at close quarters, but to study one around which young planets will most likely be forming.
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The decision to fund Australian partnership in the Giant Magellan Telescope will guarantee our astronomers a 10% share in what will be by far the largest and most powerful telescope the world has ever seen.
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A PhD student at the ANU Research School of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Catherine Farage, is studying massive ellipticals in galaxy clusters, to look for clues that could help to explain the mechanisms behind the formation of large galaxies.
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The researchers discovered proof of a vast filament of material that connects our Milky Way galaxy to nearby clusters of galaxies, which are similarly interconnected to the rest of the Universe.
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