Researchers from The University of Western Australia node at the International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research (ICRAR) have uncovered an immense structure, which spans an astonishing 185,000 light ...
Lister Staveley-Smith receives research funding from ICRAR, the Western Australian government, and the University of Western Australia. Most of the ordinary matter in the universe is hydrogen. But ...
A vast river of neutral hydrogen bridges two galaxies that are beginning to enter the monstrous Virgo Cluster, and this structure is helping astronomers better understand our Milky Way's relationship ...
For decades, scientists engaged in the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI) have probed the galaxy for signs of artificial radio transmissions. Beginning with Project Ozma in 1960, ...
Caption: (Left) Radio galaxy image of neutral hydrogen in and around the NGC 4532 / DDO 137 using ASKAP. (RIGHT) An optical image of the galaxy from the Legacy Surveys. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert ...
The Euclid Consortium, part of the European Space Agency's Euclid space telescope mission, has unveiled Flagship 2, the largest and most detailed simulation of the universe to date. This vast digital ...
The Fermi Paradox, first devised by physicist Enrico Fermi in the 1950s, asks why we haven’t detected alien civilization yet, despite the vast universe teeming with countless potentially habitable ...
Galaxies and clusters are the ensembles of stars and other astronomical objects bound together by gravitational forces. Galaxies are ordered into galaxy groups, which are in turn organised into ...
Are there really more stars in our universe than there are grains of sand on all the beaches on Earth? It may hurt your brain to think about it, but it seems that the answer is likely to be yes, or at ...
These are the best telescopes for stargazing and astronomy. Stay tuned for Black Friday too, where again, we expect to see big savings across the best telescopes market. When you purchase through ...
Now the nights are getting longer, it's the perfect time to start looking for your next telescope — especially with Black Friday taking place on November 28. When you purchase through links on our ...