Black hole.
Tuesday, 13 Oct 2020
  • News

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

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Thursday, 20 Aug 2020
  • News

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".

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Satellite selfie.
Wednesday, 12 Aug 2020
  • News

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

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James Gilbert.
Thursday, 09 Jul 2020
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ANU researcher, Dr James Gilbert has been named one of Australia’s most innovative engineers.

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Monday, 06 Jul 2020
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Australia's space industry is booming despite the impact of coronavirus.

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Black hole.
Wednesday, 01 Jul 2020
  • News

We now know just how massive the fastest-growing black hole in the Universe actually is, as well as how much it eats, thanks to new research led by ANU.

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Black hole.
Wednesday, 24 Jun 2020
  • News

A black hole around 23 times the size of the Sun has swallowed a mysterious, much smaller astrophysical object.

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Tuesday, 26 May 2020
  • News

A new infrared telescope built by ANU will monitor the entire southern sky in search of new cosmic events as they take place.

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This image shows the bright light of a solar flare on the left side of the Sun and an eruption of solar material shooting through the Sun's atmosphere, called a prominence eruption. Credit: NASA/Goddard/SDO.
Tuesday, 19 Mar 2019
  • Research story

ANU scientists have found that Earth is made of the same elements as the Sun but has less of the volatile elements such as hydrogen, helium, oxygen and nitrogen.

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