One of those ground-based telescopes is the Rubin Observatory, named after famed astronomer Vera Rubin. Unlike other ...

In a groundbreaking discovery, scientists have detected the building blocks of life in ice outside the Milky Way for the ...

The image, assembled by researchers from the International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research (ICRAR), captures the Milky ...

Astronomers from ICRAR, primarily based at Curtin University, have released the most detailed low-frequency radio image of ...

An unexpected monster black hole was found hiding inside one of the Milky Way's tiniest neighbors, rewriting what scientists ...

Astronomers have, for the first time, mapped a mysterious form of matter in our galaxy that had remained invisible until now.

Astronomers from the International Centre of Radio Astronomy Research (ICRAR) have created the largest low-frequency radio ...

A new study suggests dark matter near the Milky Way’s center is flattened, possibly explaining its mysterious gamma-ray glow.

I get that five thousand lightyears is a massive distance, but I’ve watched Interstellar. There’s no shot I’m remotely trusting what scientists have to say about it’s potential path. Vigilance is ...

Radio astronomy opens a window onto the invisible universe. While our eyes can detect visible light, countless objects in space emit radiation at much longer wavelengths, in the radio portion of the ...

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