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Research story | 6 Mar 2020
Why aren’t women in science applying for grants?
If you look at the list of ANU College of Science research projects receiving funding in the 2020 round of ARC Discovery Grants, something stands out.
News | 4 Mar 2020
Eyes in space to spot bushfire danger zones
ANU will lead the development of the first Australian satellite designed to predict bushfires and their behaviour.
Career story | 28 Feb 2020
For the next rendition of how A Star is Born, ANU is preparing an emu for spaceflight
Shanae King builds systems that are literally out of this world – or they will be, one day.
News | 30 Jan 2020
Big, old space junk on collision course above Earth
An old space telescope, IRAS, will potentially collide with a decommissioned satellite, GGSE-4, raining debris in Earth’s orbit.
News | 28 Jan 2020
Astronomers spot ‘vampire’ star sucking life from victim
Astronomers have found a 'vampire' star in the midst of a feeding frenzy, with the help of an automated program that is sifting through archived data.
News | 8 Jan 2020
The curious case of a star crash in a galaxy far, far away
The detection of two neutron stars colliding in space about five billion trillion kilometres away has left a team of scientists scratching their heads.
Student blog | 25 Nov 2019
The supersonic recipe for a big star
Astronomy and Astrophysics Masters student, Donghee Nam, shares his research into star formation.
News | 13 Nov 2019
Milky Way’s big black hole hurls star to infinity and beyond
A star is travelling at more than six million km/h through the Milky Way after being flung from the centre of our galaxy by a supermassive black hole.
News | 31 Oct 2019
Researchers apply the squeeze to better detect stellar-mass black holes
Scientists at The Australian National University have found a way to better detect all collisions of stellar-mass black holes in the Universe.
News | 25 Sep 2019
New telescopes to help students reach for the stars
Budding astronomers from across the Canberra region now have greater access to high-quality telescopes at Mt Stromlo Observatory.