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Leading Australian Telescopes to Get Technology Upgrades

CSIRO’s iconic Parkes radio telescope – fondly known as ‘The Dish’ – will get a new receiver that will significantly increase the amount of sky it can see at any one time, enabling new science and supporting local innovation in the space sector.

20 Jan 2020

Scientists Observe Self-Organized Criticality in Quantum System

A team of researchers has experimentally visualized the concept of what is known as “self-organized criticality” in a quantum system, for the first time. The study holds implications to further develop quantum technology.

17 Jan 2020

New Colloidal Quantum Dot Photodetector can Detect Light in Long-Infrared Range

Optical sensing in the mid to long infrared (5 microns, or 5 µm) range has gained considerable significance in various fields, as it is a useful tool for gas sensing, environmental monitoring, food quality control, thermal imaging, in the pharmaceutical industry, etc.

17 Jan 2020

Discovery of Second Planet Orbiting the Star Closest to Our Solar System

Scientists have discovered what they believe to be a second planet orbiting the star closest to our Solar System, Proxima Centuri, which became famous in 2016 with the discovery of an ‘Earth-like’ planet in orbit, Proxima b.

17 Jan 2020

NASA Intern Discovers New Planet 6.9 Times Larger than Earth

A 17-year-old high school student has made a startling discovery a mere three days into their NASA internship: a new planet 6.9 times larger than Earth orbiting two stars. Image Credit: Allexxandar/Shutterstock.com ...

15 Jan 2020

Study Demonstrates Asteroseismology Potential of NASA’s TESS Satellite

In the constellation of Indus, a single bright star can be seen from the southern hemisphere, which has now offered innovative understanding about an ancient collision underwent by the Milky Way galaxy, early in its history, with another smaller galaxy known as Gaia-Enceladus.

14 Jan 2020

Mapping How Electron Energies Vary Between Regions in Specific Quantum State

The way energies of electrons differ from one region to another in a specific quantum state has now been mapped by a group of physicists with unmatched clarity.

14 Jan 2020

Oldest Material on Earth Found in Australia

Image Credit: Triff/Shutterstock.com Presolar grains of dust taken from a meteorite that crashed into the Australian landscape over 50 years ago are thought to be among the oldest materials on Earth. Researchers ana...

14 Jan 2020

Study Reveals Intermediate-Mass Stars Will Probably Explode, Not Collapse

A research team, including several scientists from the Technical University of Darmstadt (TU Darmstadt) and GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung (GSI), has experimentally established the properties of nuclear processes in matter that is 25 times hotter and 10 million times denser than the core of the Sun.

13 Jan 2020

Fusion of Large Neutron Star Binary System Creates Gravitational Waves

Recently, it was discovered that the fusion of a very large binary system of neutron stars created gravitational waves. This discovery also involved the University of Valencia.

13 Jan 2020