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A sneak peek at the first science from ASKAP

  By Helen Sim It’s been a long journey, but the first scientific results from our Australian SKA Pathfinder telescope […]

An example of a Radio Galaxy Zoo composite image showing the radio jets as contours with a central core galaxy in infrared.

Radio Galaxy Zoo – Help Hunt Down Supermassive Black Holes

Lurking at the core of most galaxies, supermassive black holes sometimes give themselves away through huge jets of radio emission […]

Our Galaxy takes its food in pills

“Food pills” were a staple of science fiction for decades. For our Galaxy, they may be real. The Galaxy has […]

Hercules A Shows its Muscles

Spectacular jets powered by the gravitational energy of a supermassive black hole in the core of the elliptical galaxy Hercules […]