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.
Tag: space
Science & Environment
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.
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NASA spots Earth-sized rocky planet
A small, Earth-like rocky planet has been discovered orbiting the Kepler-10 star, 560 light-years away.
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Top 10 news stories of 2010
From dwarf planets to drunken parrots, relive the year that was through our most read news articles.
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Cosmic murder created Saturn’s rings
The death throes of a nascent moon of Saturn may have created the gas giant’s rings.
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Exploding star recorded in Aboriginal Dreamtime
Aboriginal Australians recorded an eruption of a bright star 150 years ago and wove it into their Dreamtime stories.
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Mini black holes reveal their true power
An Australian telescope is helping rewrite the physics of black holes by studying a miniature one.