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NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has made a remarkable observation of the earliest galaxy merger in the early universe. The discovery challenges current cosmological theories by indicating faster and more efficient star formation than previously thought. The galactic merger occurred more than 13 billion years ago – just 510 million years after the Big […]

Australia is in the midst of a maths crisis which is undermining the economy, according to a new consortium of interest groups which is recommending change. The group says current state and federal government plans to address teacher supply and skills shortages are “inadequate” and leaves Australia “without the necessary skills for innovation and productivity […]

Scientists are going to extreme lengths – and places – to try and understand the fundamental nature of the universe. Physics as we know it doesn’t seem to agree with itself. Gravity and quantum mechanics are two pillars of modern physics, but they don’t gel well together. One theory which suggests that there is a […]

The population of Australia’s vulnerable grey-headed flying-fox are bouncing back, leading scientists to be “optimistic” about the future of the species. Grey-headed flying-foxes (Pteropus poliocephalus) are among the largest flying mammals in the world. These bats can have a wingspan of more than 1 metre. They are mostly found along Australia’s east coast from Victoria […]

Astronomers have created a new map of the universe which includes 1.3 million supermassive black holes (SMBHs) at the centre of galaxies. SMBHs have a mass between 100,000 and 10 billion times that of our own Sun. They are typically found at the centre of galaxies. The gravitational pull of these SMBHs creates a hot, […]

The controversial physicist who last year suggested the universe is twice as old as we thought has come out with a new contentious hypothesis: the cosmos doesn’t have any dark matter in it. Observations of the gravitational effects within and around galaxies have led to what’s known as ‘the Standard Model of Cosmology.’  This generally […]

A group of Canberra-based geoscientists has developed a method to detect secret underground nuclear tests. Nations have tested nuclear weapons beneath the surface since the 1960s, but while it avoids some of the pitfalls of above-ground testing, they still releases substantial energy. This can make it difficult to distinguish nuclear explosions from earthquakes, which may […]