Milky Way’s Supermassive Black Hole Flings Star Away at 6,000,000 km/h
An international study has discovered a star traveling at more than six million km/h through the Milky Way after being flung from the center of…
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Gravitational Wave Detector Breakthrough Dampens Quantum Noise for Precise Measurements
Squeeze leads to stellar-mass black hole collision precision. Scientists at The Australian National University (ANU) have found a way to better detect all collisions of…
Galactic Detective Work Uncovers the Violent History of the Big Galaxy Next Door
Astronomers have pieced together the cannibalistic past of our neighboring large galaxy Andromeda, which has now set its sights on the Milky Way as its…
Coping With Climate Change: Fairy-Wrens Change Breeding Habits
Warmer temperatures linked to climate change are having a big impact on the breeding habits of one of Australia’s most recognizable bird species, according to…
Black Hole Swallowing a Neutron Star Detected
Scientists, including those from The Australian National University (ANU), say they have detected a black hole swallowing a neutron star for the first time. “About…
Scientists Show Laziness Lead to the Extinction of Primitive Humans
New archaeological research from The Australian National University (ANU) has found that Homo erectus, an extinct species of primitive humans, went extinct in part because…
ANU Archaeologist Unearths Ancient Human Remains
An ANU archaeologist has hailed her excavation of a Bronze Age burial mound in southwest England a huge success with the discovery of an intact…
Scientists Reveal the Genetic Timeline of Ancient Vanuatu People
Researchers from The Australian National University (ANU) have helped put together the most comprehensive study ever conducted into the origins of people in Vanuatu –…
New Discovery Challenges Popular Theory About Dwarf Galaxies
A new international study involving The Australian National University (ANU) has found a plane of dwarf galaxies orbiting around Centaurus A in a discovery that…
Archaeologists Discover Oldest Known Funereal Fish Hooks
An archaeologist from The Australian National University (ANU) has uncovered the world’s oldest known fish-hooks placed in a burial ritual, found on Indonesia’s Alor Island,…
Astrophysicists Solve Mystery of How Antimatter in the Milky Way Forms
In a newly published study led by Australian National University, astrophysicists reveal how most of the antimatter in the Milky Way forms. Antimatter is material…
Ancient Milky Way Stars Contain Clues About The Early Universe
An international team of astronomers has discovered some of the oldest stars in the Milky Way. These stars could contain vital clues about the early…
Astronomers Solve Mystery of Unusually Hot Blue Stars
New research by an international team of astronomers solves the mystery of hot blue stars, which despite their smaller size are especially luminous. Astronomers have…
New Titius-Bode-Based Exoplanet Predictions – 2 Planets in the Habitable Zone of Each Star
Using the Titius-Bode relation and Kepler data, astronomers from Australian National University estimate that the standard star has about two planets in the habitable zone….
Astronomers Discover the Oldest Known Star in the Universe
Using the ANU SkyMapper telescope at the Siding Spring Observatory, astronomers have discovered the oldest known star in the Universe. A team led by astronomers…
Researchers Create World’s Largest Quantum Cluster
In a newly published study, researchers detail the experimental generation and full characterization of an ultra-large-scale entangled state containing more than 10,000 entangled modes, which…
Supernova SN 2012fr Reveals Key Link in Comic Distance Ladder
New data from supernova SN 2012fr has allowed scientists to better calibrate all Type Ia Supernova observations to measure distances in the Universe, using the…
Earthquake Doublets Reveal Changing Speed of the Earth’s Inner Core
A newly published study provides the first experimental evidence that the Earth’s inner core has rotated at a variety of different speeds and suggests that…
