If a person is lost in the wilderness, they have two options. They can search for civilization, or they could…
Browsing: astronomy
It takes expensive tools to learn about the universe, but projects like the Very Large Array for radio astronomy in New Mexico…
In 2019, my colleagues and I discovered spooky glowing rings in the sky using CSIRO’s ASKAP radio telescope in Western Australia. The…
In a huge milestone, the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has finally been aligned to produce the first unified image of a…
White holes are really just something scientists have imagined — they could exist, but we’ve never seen one, or even seen…
“Holy sharks, Batman, it’s periodic!” I exclaimed on Slack. It was the first lockdown of 2021 in Perth, and we…
On December 19 1972, astronauts Eugene Cernan, Harrison Schmitt and Ronald Evans splashed down safely in the Pacific Ocean, ending…
The forthcoming launch of the James Webb Space Telescope offers unprecedented new opportunities for astronomers. It’s also a timely opportunity to reflect…
When the immense sound of the Ariane 5 rocket rumbles across Europe’s spaceport in French Guiana, it will signal the end of…
When the most massive stars die, they collapse to form some of the densest objects known in the Universe: black…