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.
Australian research is helping to confirm that the Milky Way sucked in a small galaxy at an early stage of its evolution.
Professor Fred Watson looks back over 30 years of NASA’s space shuttle program.
In the past, indigenous communities considered eclipses to be omens of death, disease and sorcery.
Astronomers have discovered a planet that moves in the opposite direction to the spin of its star.
Leading astronomers David Malin and Fred Watson explain the Big Bang through to the edge of our knowledge.
Ten planets the size of Jupiter have been found which do not appear to orbit any star.
For the first time in 101 years, Mercury, Venus, Jupiter and Mars are lining up over eastern Australia.
Violent shudders which alter the brightness of red giants offer a peek into the life cycle of these stars.
Grainy images of a distant star may help confirm a theory of planet birth more than 300 years old.
A small, Earth-like rocky planet has been discovered orbiting the Kepler-10 star, 560 light-years away.