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Study Shows the Hidden Features of Galactic Black Holes

As far as the universe is concerned, black holes are known to be highly puzzling objects, with features that sound like they come directly from a sci-fi movie.

27 Jul 2023

Historic MWA Milestone Reached as We Go ‘Back to the Future’ in the Cosmos

A world-class telescope in outback Western Australia is on the verge of unlocking more secrets from the start of the Universe as new technology upgrades are rolled out during its historic 10-year anniversary.

27 Jul 2023

Capturing the Mutual Gravitational Influences of a Massive- and Dwarf-Galaxy Merger

The spiral galaxy NGC 1532, also called Haley’s Coronet, is captured in a lopsided tug of war with its smaller neighbor, the dwarf galaxy NGC 1531.

26 Jul 2023

Empa Scientists Use Novel Technique to Study Quantum Emitters in 2D Materials

The term molybdenum disulfide may sound familiar to some car drivers and mechanics. No wonder: the substance, discovered by US chemist Alfred Sonntag in the 1940s, is still used today as a high-performance lubricant in engines and turbines, but also for bolts and screws.

26 Jul 2023

PNNL Researchers Develop New Neutrino Detector Design

The most abundant, massive particles in the universe may be ones you've never even heard of: neutrinos. These particles are all around us-even streaming through us-though they almost never interact with other particles. They are so light and weakly interacting that no one has recorded their mass.

26 Jul 2023

Higgs Boson Mass Measurement Provides New Insights Into the Universe

The Higgs boson has turned out to be a central avenue for gaining better insights into the basic structure of the Universe. This happened in the 11 years since its breakthrough at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC).

24 Jul 2023

Hubble Space Telescope Captures Irregular Galaxy Arp 263

The irregular galaxy Arp 263 can be seen in the background of the Hubble Space Telescope’s image but is overtaken by a stellar photobomber, the bright star BD+17 2217.

24 Jul 2023

Fermilab Experiment Puts World's Best Constraint on Dark Photon Existence

Scientists working on the Dark SRF experiment at the U.S. Department of Energy's Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory have demonstrated unprecedented sensitivity in an experimental setup used to search for theorized particles called dark photons.

24 Jul 2023

Precise Measurement of Electron Beam Polarization

A doctoral dissertation examining the most precise measurement of electron beam polarization ever made was just awarded the prestigious 2022 Jefferson Science Associates (JSA) Thesis Prize. Since 2017, award-winner Allison Zec has been part of a collaboration that ran experiments at the U.S. Department of Energy's Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility.

21 Jul 2023

Curtin’s Stars Recognised Among the State’s Finest

Six leading Curtin researchers and two of the University’s powerful science engagement programs have been named finalists in the 2023 Premier’s Science Awards, which recognise the State’s brightest experts in their fields.

21 Jul 2023