Author: Nathan Carter
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Alien megastructures? Cosmic thumbprint? What’s behind a James Webb telescope photo that had even astronomers stumped
– in NewsIn July, a puzzling new image of a distant extreme star system surrounded by surreal…
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Milky Way’s graveyard of dead stars found
– in NewsA study creates the first map of our galaxy’s ancient dead stars In the first…
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Measuring reliable stellar abundances towards crowded regions using MUSE
– in NewsWith the rapid development of stellar spectroscopy in the past decade, many stellar spectroscopic surveys,…
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Australian-based astronomers to take a deep dive into the cosmos with time awarded on one of ESO’s most powerful instruments
– in NewsTwo teams of astronomers led by The University of Sydney and by The University of…
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This newly discovered neutron star might light the way for a whole new class of stellar object
– in NewsThe discovery of a neutron star emitting unusual radio signals is rewriting our understanding of…
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Event Horizon Telescope set to reveal ‘exciting results’ about the black hole at the centre of the Milky Way
– in NewsThere’s a monster lurking in the heart of our galaxy, and we may get our…
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We’ve used a new technique to discover the brightest radio pulsar outside our own galaxy
– in NewsWhen a star explodes and dies in a supernova, it takes on a new life…
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Worlds next door: looking for habitable planets around Alpha Centauri
– in NewsCould life survive around the nearest stars? In collaboration with the Breakthrough Initiative, Saber Astronautics…
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A FLASH combination: ASKAP and MUSE sniff out gas around galaxies
– in NewsThe timescales in which star-forming galaxies deplete their gas is found to be short relative…
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We found a mysterious flashing radio signal from near the centre of the galaxy
– in NewsIn early 2020, we detected an unusual radio signal coming from somewhere near the centre of our…