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Milky Way swallowed a smaller galaxy
Australian research is helping to confirm that the Milky Way sucked in a small galaxy at an early stage of its evolution.
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Science & Environment
Saying goodbye to the space shuttle
Professor Fred Watson looks back over 30 years of NASA’s space shuttle program.
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Fear of eclipse widespread in Aboriginal culture
In the past, indigenous communities considered eclipses to be omens of death, disease and sorcery.
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Planet discovered to go against the flow
Astronomers have discovered a planet that moves in the opposite direction to the spin of its star.
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Naming day for Australian radio telescope
Wajarri elders name the antennas of one of the world’s most powerful radio telescopes.
Science & Environment
A short history of the universe
Leading astronomers David Malin and Fred Watson explain the Big Bang through to the edge of our knowledge.
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Free-floating planets found unbound to stars
Ten planets the size of Jupiter have been found which do not appear to orbit any star.
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Aussie scientists help design giant telescope
Space scientists in Canberra will help design the world’s biggest optical telescope to peer into the early universe.
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Starquakes hint at private lives of red giants
Violent shudders which alter the brightness of red giants offer a peek into the life cycle of these stars.
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Astronomers catch a planet being born
Grainy images of a distant star may help confirm a theory of planet birth more than 300 years old.