Space
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Sciences & Technology
Dark matter might be ‘light’
We don’t know the mass of dark matter particles, so researchers are developing new techniques to look for new, lighter types
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Sciences & Technology
Once just a speck of light, now revealed as the biggest known galaxy in the early Universe
Detailed pictures of one of the first galaxies show growth in the early Universe was much faster than first thought
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Sciences & Technology
The great mystery of interstellar chemistry
Researchers are replicating the cold vacuum of space to study how interstellar molecules are produced and what they’re made of
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Sciences & Technology
You can’t explore the solar system on an empty stomach
Australian research on plants and food for space could provide vital fresh, nutritious and delicious meals for astronauts on Moon and Mars missions
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Sciences & Technology
Digging deep for dark matter
A dark matter laboratory at the bottom of a gold mine in rural Victoria could make one of the biggest scientific discoveries ever – proving the existence of dark matter
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Sciences & Technology
Q&A
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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Arts & Culture
Podcast
Picturing the Event Horizon
In 2019, astronomers captured the first ever image of a black hole. Around it is the Event Horizon, where space and time bend. It’s an amazing picture, but is it art?
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Sciences & Technology
The science behind life in space on ‘Away’
Unfolding spacecraft, artificial gravity, and space disease all feature on Netflix’s series ‘Away’, but how much of the action is true to life?
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Sciences & Technology
Podcast
Launching the SpIRIT satellite
Australian researchers describe their plans to build the SpIRIT satellite – launching by 2022 – that’s helping to develop cutting-edge space capabilities in Australia
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Sciences & Technology
Putting the Universe under the telescope
The 2020s will use increasingly complex technology to ramp up our efforts to understand more about the Universe