New estimate for the age of the Milky Way
13 December, 2019Starquakes recorded by NASA's now-defunct Kepler space telescope have helped answer a longstanding question about the age of the 'thick disc' of the Milky Way.
Black holes can be much bigger than previously thought
04 December, 2019Researchers were excited by the discovery of a stellar black hole with a mass 70 times that of the Sun, located 15,000 light years from Earth.
Under pressure: a new dimension for the periodic table
06 September, 2019It is now possible for materials researchers to make quick predictions about how certain elements will behave at different pressures.
'Anaemic' star carries link to ancient ancestor
09 August, 2019A newly discovered ancient star, containing what is said to be a record-low amount of iron, carries evidence of a class of even older stars.
Radio burst pinpointed 3.6bn light-years away
02 July, 2019Astronomers have determined the precise location of a powerful one-off burst of cosmic radio waves, thanks to the Australian Square Kilometre Array Pathfinder radio telescope.
Black hole observed spraying plasma into space
02 May, 2019Astronomers have discovered rapidly swinging jets coming from a black hole almost 8000 light-years from Earth — behaviour that has never before been observed on such short timescales.
Budget 2019–20 — lacking 'clever country' ambition
03 April, 2019How will the Morrison Government's pre-election 2019 Federal Budget impact science and research?
Physicists reverse time with a quantum computer
18 March, 2019Russian physicists have found a way to wind back the clock, returning the state of a quantum computer a fraction of a second into the past.
Hydrogen loss hints at the impending death of a galaxy
12 February, 2019 by Lauren DavisUsing CSIRO's ASKAP radio telescope, researchers have witnessed what they claim is the beginning of the end for one of the Milky Way's neighbouring galaxies.
3D map of the Milky Way reveals its true shape
06 February, 2019Astronomers have revealed that the Milky Way's disc of stars becomes increasingly 'warped' and twisted the further away the stars are from the galaxy's centre.
New RNA sequencing strategy to study gut microbiome activity
19 December, 2018Researchers have developed a high-throughput RNA sequencing strategy to study the activity of the gut microbiome.
Illumina Nextera Flex for Enrichment sequencing solution
30 November, 2018The Illumina Nextera Flex for Enrichment is a targeted sequencing solution.
Govt launches new science advisory body
30 November, 2018The National Science and Technology Council is set to take the place of the Commonwealth Science Council as the peak advisory body to the Prime Minister and other Ministers on science and technology.
Blood test detects early-stage ovarian cancer
23 November, 2018Researchers from the University of Adelaide and Griffith University have developed a new blood test for the early diagnosis of ovarian cancer.
Genetic variation that influences stroke recovery identified
26 October, 2018A team of scientists from Melbourne, Europe and the United States has identified a genetic variation that influences stroke patients' recovery.
