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See a new map of the universe’s magnetic fields – the largest and most detailed ever made
Alec Thomson, CSIRO Magnetic fields are a fundamental part of the universe. They govern how small particles –…
Puzzling slow radio pulses are coming from space. A new study could finally explain them
Artists impression of the white dwarf in GPM J1839-10 interacting with its companion star, producing a powerful radio…
Is it aliens? Why that’s the least important question about interstellar objects
Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS, captured by NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope captured on July 21 2025. NASA, ESA, David Jewitt…
New images reveal the Milky Way’s stunning galactic plane in more detail than ever before
Silvia Mantovanini (ICRAR/Curtin) & the GLEAM-X Team Silvia Mantovanini, Curtin University and Natasha Hurley-Walker, Curtin University The Milky…
What a newly discovered gas bridge between galaxies tells us about the cosmic cycle of matter
A composite image shows a diffuse ‘bridge’ of gas linking two dwarf galaxies. ICRAR, N. Deg, Legacy Surveys…
A strange bright burst in space baffled astronomers for more than a year. Now, they’ve solved the mystery
CSIRO’s ASKAP radio telescope on Wajarri Country. © Alex Cherney/CSIRO Clancy William James, Curtin University Around midday on…
3.5 kilometres underwater, scientists found a staggeringly energetic particle from outer space
An artist’s impression of a high-energy particle travelling through the KM3NeT neutrino telescope. KM3NeT Luke Barnes, Western Sydney…