3.9-metre Anglo-Australian Telescope (AAT) Dr Stefania Barsanti (ANU)  Siding Spring Observatory (SSO) Coonabarabran, New South Wales, Australia 14.September.2023 (Nic Vevers/ANU)

Research stories

Friday, 31 Mar 2023
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Our simulation suite enabled us to calculate the statistical properties of CR superdiffusion and how they depend on the fundamental properties of the plasma through which the CRs move. This will enable future modelling of CR transport using a physically-motivated rather than an ad hoc model.

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Friday, 31 Mar 2023
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The AITC is currently leading the design of three major Laser Guide Star Adaptive Optics (LGS AO) systems for large and extremely-large telescopes: Subaru Ground Layer Adaptive Optics (GLAO), ESO MAVIS, and Giant Magellan Telescope (GMT) Laser Tomography Adaptive Optics (LTAO).

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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
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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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This artist's concept depicts Kepler-186f, the first validated Earth-size planet to orbit a distant star in the so-called habitable zone. Credit: NASA/Ames/SETI Institute/JPL-Caltech
Thursday, 14 Mar 2019
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A study by scientists at ANU on the magnetic fields of planets has found that most planets discovered in other solar systems are unlikely to be as hospitable to life as Earth.

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Astronomers find fastest-growing black hole known in the Universe
Thursday, 17 May 2018
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Astronomers at ANU have found the fastest-growing black hole known in the Universe, describing it as a monster that devours a mass equivalent to our Sun every two days.

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ANU researchers discover 'singing' molecular cloud
Friday, 11 May 2018
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A study led by The Australian National University (ANU) and the University of Crete in Greece has shed new light on the mystery of how our solar system formed.

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Astronomers witness death throes of a cocooned star
Tuesday, 27 Mar 2018
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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, 28 Nov 2017
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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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Tuesday, 17 Oct 2017
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Scientists from ANU and around the world have detected for the first time ripples in space and time, known as gravitational waves, from the collision of two very dense stars, called neutron stars, about 130 million light years away.

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