Interstellar maps can help scientists find patterns that tell them about fundamental chemical processes in the cosmos.
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How my understanding of the night sky was transformed by observing stars with a hi-tech telescope.
Discoveries of molecules in space that suggest extraterrestrial life are exciting, but they need to be taken with a grain of salt – an astrochemist explains why.
Stargazing can stimulate an interest in space in kids and lead to a passion for science. But rural schools often lack the resources to nurture these interests.
NASA, SpaceX and Blue Origin have all successfully launched superheavy-lift rockets. These massive vehicles are designed to carry a much heavier load.
Phones can often take great photos, but why photos of the Moon typically disappointing? The Moon itself and camera design are both part of the answer.
The only Australian hardware on board the legendary telescope is starting to fulfil its duties.
Everything bends space-time. Sometimes, we can even see this effect – and learn a lot from it.
The James Webb Space Telescope has 2 powerful instruments that see light the human eye can’t.
To make a truly realistic fake picture of a galaxy, you can model exactly how light particles travel through the atmosphere and telescope to reach its sensor.
Mars isn’t a bright, fire-engine red, but the iron oxide in its rocks makes it appear redder than other planets, especially from afar.
As NASA rolls out more powerful telescopes in the future, scientists will need a way to determine where to point them. A new approach could help.
The speed of light is the fastest anything can travel. What happens to a photon from a galaxy 25 million light years away on its journey toward Earth?
Scientists already knew how to study the chemical composition of the atmosphere of exoplanets. Now, they can also study details about their powerful winds.
At the very beginning of its history, Earth was dry. How did it become a blue planet? A new theory could provide an answer.
The James Webb Space Telescope is celebrating three years from its launch. Its discoveries have already changed our understanding of the early universe.
In 2017, astronomers found an object they’d never seen before. Now, it’s part of a growing category of elusive ‘dark comets’ – and we might find more soon.
Astronomers have detected possible signs of gases released by volcanic activity.
Cosmology could be transformed by a new wave of telescopes – both on the ground and in space.
Some of the earliest galaxies found with JWST are also the brightest. That’s a problem for our ideas about the universe.
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Associate Professor in Astronomy, Monash University
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University Distinguished Professor of Astronomy, University of Arizona
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Professor of Astrophysics and Royal Society University Research Fellow, University of Hertfordshire
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Professor in High Energy Astrophyics, Adelaide University
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Associate Professor, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)
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Assistant Professor of Astronomy and Astrophysics, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
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Senior Astrophysicist, Smithsonian Institution
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Senior Curator (Astronomy), Museums Victoria Research Institute; The University of Melbourne
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SKA Postdoc in Observational Cosmology, University of the Western Cape
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Dean of Science, University of California, Santa Cruz
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Professor of Astronomy, UMass Lowell
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Director of the Abrams Planetarium, Michigan State University
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Co-Director Space Technology and Industry Institute, Swinburne University of Technology
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Associate Dean for Research and Professor of Astronomy and Planetary Sciences, University of Arizona
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Assistant Professor of Chemistry, Dickinson College