ANU is partnering with NASA as it prepares to send astronauts back to the moon as part of the Artemis II mission – the space agency’s first crewed mission beyond Earth’s orbit in more than 50 years.

An opera singer, a vet and a winemaker walked onto a stage. It sounds like the start of a joke. Instead, what unfolded was a thoughtful discussion about curiosity, collaboration and the unpredictable path to scientific discovery.

A collaborative survey involving the Australian National University (ANU), the University of Queensland, and others, has provided a more detailed look into a cosmic merger between two spiral galaxies, NGC5713 and NGC5719, and a potential glimpse into our own galactic future.