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Artist's impression of a thin gas cloud formed by tidal disruption from a passing star. Scientists think this is one of the possible ways the cold clump of gas detected in the study could have been formed

Five twinkling galaxies help us uncover the mystery of the Milky Way’s missing matter

Thanks to the discovery of five twinkling galaxies in a rare alignment, astronomers have been able to calculate the properties and geometry of an invisible gas cloud in space.

Our Square Kilometre Array Pathfinder Telescope (ASKAP)

A thread of the cosmic web: astronomers spot a 50 million light-year galactic filament

Until recently, the Universe's gas filaments have been elusive. But now one was detected with our ASKAP radio telescope.

Bad space weather may make life impossible near Proxima Centauri

We recently detected the signature of fierce space weather from Proxima Cen, which implies an orbiting planet could be blasted with hazardous particles and magnetic fields.

We’ve mapped a million previously undiscovered galaxies beyond the Milky Way. Take the virtual tour here.

Astronomers have mapped about a million previously undiscovered galaxies beyond the Milky Way, in the most detailed survey of the southern sky ever carried out using radio waves.

Round blue object surrounded by orange, fire-like background.

ASKAP searches for afterglow of gravitational wave

The latest analysis of gravitational waves from an event detected by LIGO may change our understanding of neutron stars and black holes. Our ASKAP radio telescope has a key role to play in unravelling the mystery.

Our ASKAP radio telescope in Western Australia detected the precise location of four fast radio bursts. Image: Sam Moorfield

Closing in on the cosmic mystery of fast radio bursts

Our astronomer Dr Shivani Bhandari is making breakthroughs in her study of mysterious signals from outer space: fast radio bursts.

The night sky above ASKAP in Western Australia

Half the matter in the universe was missing – we found it hiding in the cosmos

Cosmologists had only been able to find half the matter that should exist in the universe. With the help of our telescope, researchers just found the rest.

2019 writen in sparkler light on a black background

Our big breakthroughs in 2019

2019 was a big year for us. Before you head off for the end of year break, let’s reflect on the exciting science we brought to you this year.

A chance encounter with a pulsar

Our scientists accidentally stumbled upon a pulsar (a highly magnetized rotating neutron star). This chance discovery was made thanks to the ASKAP telescope.

An illustration of how ASKAP located the fast radio burst.

The answer may not be 42: fast radio burst traced to a distant galaxy

In a world first, astronomers using our ASKAP telescope have pinpointed the location of a fast radio burst in the Universe taking us one step closer to solving an astronomical mystery.

Tim Galvin in Germany in front of a fountain

Meet our space sifter

Tim Galvin only wants to worry about the ‘cool, interesting’ stuff. Which might explain why he’s working on an algorithm to sift supernovas from Moon dust.

The search for the source of a mysterious fast radio burst comes relatively close to home

Astronomers think they've identified which galaxy was the source of a blast radio energy, over in a fraction of a second. And it's much closer to us than the others detected, so far.