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The Deepest Images of the Universe Have Been Released

This image, which was recorded in high detail by NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope, is being stirred up by a flurry of dazzling white galaxies.

13 Jul 2022

CDU Students Involved in Rare Pluto Observation in Katherine

Charles Darwin University (CDU) students are joining a team of NASA-funded scientists and astronomers to observe Pluto pass in front of a distant star in Katherine on June 1.

26 May 2022

Scientists Use DLAs to Analyze Galactic Nurseries

Researchers have been able to look deeply into galactic nurseries at the heart of the young universe thanks to a wholly new instrument, a potent telescope, and a little support from nature.

19 May 2022

Intrinsic Charm of Protons may Trouble Terrestrial Neutrino Observers

Can the neutrino eyes of humanity, observatories such as the IceCube in Antarctica, really see neutrinos coming from deep space.

25 Mar 2022

Out of this World Experiment Lands in Space

A world-first – or solar system-first – archaeological project has this week begun on the International Space Station.

18 Jan 2022

The Local Bubble: The Source of All Nearby Young Stars

For decades, astronomers have known that the Earth and Sun lie the Local Bubble. Now, For the first time, a team of astronomers has been able to retrace the history of this star-filled neighborhood.

13 Jan 2022

Space Dust Analysis Could Solve Mystery of the Origins of Earth’s Water

An international team of scientists may have solved a key mystery about the origins of the Earth’s water, after uncovering persuasive new evidence pointing to an unlikely culprit - the Sun.

30 Dec 2021

Solar System's Oldest Solids Could have Formed Further Away from the Sun than Previously Thought

The earliest solids formed in the solar system give clues to what radioactive species were made by the young sun, and which ones were inherited. By studying isotopic variations of the elements vanadium (V) and strontium (Sr), an international team of researchers including scientists from Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory found that those variations are not caused by irradiation from the sun but are produced by condensation and evaporation reactions in the early solar system.

30 Sep 2021

X-ray Space Telescope eROSITA Reveals Millions of Newly Discovered Black Holes

The eROSITA space telescope has revealed its first results with tentative hints at a detailed map of the Universe’s black holes and neutron stars.

28 Jul 2021

NASA's InSight Mission Unveils Internal Structure of Mars

Using information obtained from around a dozen earthquakes detected on Mars by the Very Broad Band SEIS seismometer, developed in France, the international team of NASA's InSight mission has unveiled the internal structure of Mars.

23 Jul 2021