06 June 2016
Galaxies guilty of 'wasting' precious planet building material
...,000 degrees Kelvin. To populate a galaxies CGM with heavy elements it takes massive amounts of energy from supermassive black holes and exploding supernovae in violent and long-lasting processes that can take over 10 billion years, “which...
26 July 2016
Will PIPER be successful in confirming Inflation Theory?
... kick started when LIGO detected these once elusive waves emanating from the merger of two enormous black holes. Now however, it is the turn of another instrument, PIPER, the Primordial Inflation Polarization ExploreR, to search the skies...
20 September 2016
Astronomers detect a rare type of object known as a spiral DRAGN
... in MCG+07-47-10, a face-on late-type Sbc galaxy with distinctive spiral arms and prominent bulge suggesting a high black hole mass. This DRAGN, found with the Giant Meterwave Radio Telescope, however has a comparatively low radio...
26 October 2016
Australian radio telescope shows the Universe in radio waves
... from the most ancient stars in our galaxy, and find the first and last gasps of supermassive black holes,” she said. The GLEAM survey is an important step on the way to the low frequency part of the Square...
