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

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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

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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

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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

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