News

Tuesday, 27 Mar 2018

Astronomers witness death throes of a cocooned star

Dr Brad Tucker from ANU has seen the death throes of a star cocooned inside a dense shell of gas and dust, which ended in a violent explosion.

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Tuesday, 27 Feb 2018

New research sheds light on Milky Way's turbulent past

Stars around our galaxy previously thought to be from merged dwarf galaxies are likely to have once been part of the Milky Way before being pulled away by an invading satellite galaxy

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Monday, 12 Feb 2018

Karlie Noon

Meet Karlie Noon, who is studying her Masters of Astronomy and Astrophysics at ANU.

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Monday, 12 Feb 2018

ANU appoints new Director for Siding Spring Observatory

The Australian National University (ANU) has appointed astronomer Dr Chris Lidman as the first Director of the ANU Siding Spring Observatory.

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Friday, 02 Feb 2018

New study challenges popular theory about dwarf galaxies

A new international study involving ANU has found a plane of dwarf galaxies orbiting around Centaurus A in a discovery that challenges a popular theory about how dwarf galaxies are spread around the Universe.

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Thursday, 01 Feb 2018

New galaxy survey to precisely measure the expanding Universe

ANU will play a major role in the Taipan galaxy survey, which will for the first time measure the current expansion rate of the Universe with one per cent precision.

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Tuesday, 28 Nov 2017

Astronomers create most detailed radio image of nearby dwarf galaxy

Astronomers at The Australian National University (ANU) have created the most detailed radio image of nearby dwarf galaxy, the Small Magellanic Cloud, revealing secrets of how it formed and how it is likely to evolve.

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