Census website cracks after ‘malicious’ attack by hackers
Despite assuring Australians its systems were load tested and secure, the Census site went offline at a crucial time. Could the ABS have avoided such an embarrasing failure?
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Hubble explores the Final Frontier
The Frontier Field seen by Hubble has a galaxy cluster which acts as a natural lens, magnifying even more distant galaxies into view from just several hundred million years after the Big Bang.
We found a new type of stellar explosion that could explain a 13‑billion‑year‑old mystery of the Milky Way’s elements
The discovery of an ancient star in the Milky Way’s halo is providing evidence for another source that would have produced the galaxy’s heavy elements.
BICEP2 ‘gravity wave’ finding clouded by interstellar dust
In March, scientists working on the BICEP2 experiment, a microwave telescope based at the South Pole, announced that they had seen ‘gravity waves’ from the early universe, created just after the Big Bang…
Astronomers found a galaxy in the throes of death – and they know what’s killing it
All things die, even galaxies.
The Great Galactic Recession
In the early Universe torrents of infalling gas outpace the ability of young galaxies to raise their demand of forming new stars to meet the supply, the result is a recession for the galactic economy.
Why do astronomers believe in dark matter?
Why do astronomers believe there’s dark matter when it cannot be directly detected? Let’s look at the evidence, and see what dark matter’s presence means for our universe.
Book review: Abbott’s Right
A new book attempts to cloak Tony Abbott in a political philosophy, but is not entirely convincing.
New insight into elusive antimatter can help unravel universe’s mysteries
New research has compared hydrogen and antihydrogen up to ten decimal places for the very first time.
The universe may be lopsided – new research
A mysterious anomaly challenges the most widely accepted vision of how the universe works.
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