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    • Associate Professor Christian Reichardt

    Cosmologist and astrophysicist. School of Physics, Faculty of Science, University of Melbourne

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    Q&A: Seeing a ‘cosmic monster’

    Scientists have captured the first direct images of a giant black hole at the centre of the Milky Way - but what does it tell us?

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    Four important things that this picture tells us

    It’s been dubbed the heavyweight champion of black holes. But the first image of the M87* black hole also provides us with a treasure trove of information about our Universe

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    Q&A: Seeing the super, double blue, blood moon

    Everything you need to know about the double-blue moon, super moon and total lunar eclipse

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    Supermassive black hole controls star birth

    A supermassive black hole at the centre of a cluster of galaxies appears to be regulating star growth

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