A dark stream sheds new light on the life of galaxies
“Galactic cannibalism is how our universe grows” An international team of scientists led by a University of Sydney astrophysicist has discovered evidence the Andromeda galaxy is a cannibal growing through colossal intermittent feasts. The research, which is available on the pre-print server arXiv and will be published in the Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical …
Australian-based astronomers to take a deep dive into the cosmos with time awarded on one of ESO’s most powerful instruments
Two teams of astronomers led by The University of Sydney and by The University of Western Australia node of the International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research (ICRAR/UWA) have recently each been awarded substantial amounts of observing time on one of the most in-demand instruments at the European Southern Observatory (ESO) – the Multi Unit Spectroscopic …
Remnants of an old neighbour engulfed by the Milky Way
The paper, lead by Zhen Wan from USyd and co-authored by ASTRO 3D researchers and affiliates Jeffrey Simpson, Sarah Martell, Sanjib Sharma and Gayandhi De Silva, provides a new perspective about how galaxies evolve. The research looks at a star cluster that is in the process of being pulled into the Milky Way, and may very well be the last of its kind. What …