Astronomy & Space

A strange bright burst in space baffled astronomers for more than a year. Now, they’ve solved the mystery

The Conversation, Other, 27/06/2025, William James Around midday on June 13 last year, my colleagues and I were scanning the […]

Silent for six decades, NASA’s long-lost satellite sends powerful radio signal to earth

News18, Other, 23/06/2025 A NASA satellite that had been inactive for over sixty years has unexpectedly sent a powerful radio […]

This galaxy cluster is hiding a magnetic secret that’s 800 million light-years away

MSN.com, msn.com, 22/06/2025 Astronomers have captured an unprecedented image of the galaxy cluster Abell 2255, revealing intricate, radio-emitting tendrils that […]

Scientists detect faint radio echo from the first stars in the universe

Knowridge Science Report, Other, 22/06/2025 Astronomers have found a new way to study the very first stars that lit up […]

Australian Space Awards – CSIRO Winners and Finalists

CSIRO was well represented at the Australian Space Awards presentation last week. Congratulations to all winners and finalists! Winners: Female […]

Meet the NASA scientist tasked with identifying asteroids on a collision course with Earth

ABC Online, Other, 31/05/2025, Andrew Hanlon The bright green meteor that blazed a trail over the skies of southern WA […]

Astronomers baffled by mystery object flashing signals at Earth every 44 minutes: ‘Like nothing we’ve ever seen’

New York Post, Other, 01/06/2025, Andrew Court Astronomers say they’re stunned by an unidentified object flashing strange signals from deep […]

Perfect sphere of plasma discovered in space is a conundrum waiting to be solved

IFLScience, Other, 20/05/2025 Regular geometrical shapes are such a common feature in human civilizations that we often don't realize that […]

Gas location drives star formation in distant galaxies

International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research, Other, 21/05/2025, Rockwell McGellin Astronomers have found that it is not how much gas […]