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rapidly feeding black hole

A black hole is spewing gas faster than anything we’ve ever seen

The black hole have a mass equal to ‘only’ around one billion suns.

rocky surface of the moon

Green glass beads offer a window into the Moon’s hidden depths

It provide a better understanding of what lies beneath its cratered surface.

earth core and section layers

Mysterious doughnut-like structure found deep within Earth’s core

Deepens understanding of planet's magnetic field.

Ball phyton snake closeup head

Python parasite found in Australian woman’s brain

Human neural larva migrans Linked to ophidascaris robertsi Ascarid.

Protosterol Biota

A lost world of early ancestors discovered in billion-year-old rocks

It could change our understanding of our earliest ancestors.

Image showing Vegetables.

Increasing your daily magnesium intake prevents dementia

Mg intake increases brain volumes and WMLs in old age.

ANU scientists

New techniques for accurate measurements of tiny objects

A way to achieve more accurate measurements of microscopic objects using quantum computers.

Mars surface

A new mathematical model predicts whether an astronaut can safely travel to Mars

Mars model provides a method for landing humans on Red Planet.

Image is illustration of black hole

The fastest-growing black hole of the last nine billion years discovered

The black hole consumes the equivalent of one Earth every second.

Gamma ray sky

Scientists offered an alternative explanation for the strange galactic signal

Spinning stars shed new light on a mysterious gamma-ray signal.

ANU Team

Most sensitive method ever for measuring the potential energy of an atom

Validating one of the most tested theories in physics.

Image showing surface of Mars

Volcanic activity beneath Mars’ surface rock Red Planet

Magma in the Martian mantle is still active and is responsible for the volcanic marsquakes.

Image showing mountains, trees and birds

Supermountains played vital role in the evolution of early life on Earth

The supermountains may also have boosted oxygen levels in the atmosphere, needed for complex life to breathe.

Small Magellanic Cloud

A stunning image shows Milky Way’s closest neighbor in new detail

Stunning close-up reveals secrets of Milky Way's neighbor.

Optimal blood pressure helps our brains stay younger

Optimal blood pressure helps our brains stay younger

Too much blood pressure is aging our brains.

Image showing colorful laser light

New, powerful microscopic laser traps energy like noise-canceling headphones

So-called 'nanolasers' are smaller than the wavelength of the light they produce.

New album takes listeners on a cosmic and sonic journey through space

New album takes listeners on a cosmic and sonic journey through space

It also includes the sound of the violent scene of supermassive black holes colliding.

the remnant of N132D

The first-ever discovery of an extraterrestrial radioactive isotope on Earth

Alien radioactive element prompts creation rethink.

earth wallpaper

Scientists confirmed the existence of the Earth’s innermost inner core

Scientists dig deep to reveal Earth’s hidden layer.

Scientists created diamonds at room temperature in minutes

Scientists created diamonds at room temperature in minutes

Scientists has defied nature to make diamonds in minutes in a laboratory at room temperature.

The dark side of our galaxy

The dark side of our galaxy

Why does the Milky Way look the way it does?

New technology can potentially tame lightning

New technology can potentially tame lightning

This technology may induce electrical discharge from passing lightning, helping to guide it to safe targets and reduce the risk of catastrophic fires

Supergiant Betelgeuse smaller, closer than first thought

Betelgeuse is 25 percent closer than previously thought

It may be another 100,000 years until the giant red star Betelgeuse dies in a fiery explosion.

Earth is traveling through a massive dust cloud since 33,000 years

Earth is traveling through a massive dust cloud since 33,000 years

Ancient star explosions revealed in the deep sea.

Mysterious gas detected near the center of Milky way

Mysterious gas detected near the center of Milky way

This is the first time something like this has been observed in our galaxy.

Our galaxy is on collision course with nearby Andromeda galaxy

Our Milky Way galaxy is on collision course with nearby Andromeda galaxy

The violent history of the big galaxy next door.

Australian men live longer than other men

Australian men live longer than other men

Australian men on top when it comes to life expectancy.

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