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Tuesday, 12 May 2009
Astronomers reacting quickly to blazars in the act of spewing out material are providing new insights into the physics of these powerful phenomena.
Tuesday, 21 April 2009
StarStuff Podcast Uncovering another of the many secrets of black holes; strange times for space weather; and visiting Russia's Baikonour Cosmodrome to watch a Soyuz rocket blast into orbit.
Wednesday, 15 April 2009
StarStuff Podcast Dark energy reveals one of its secrets; debate continues over North Korea's rocket launch; and all systems go for the final mission to the Hubble Space Telescope.
Wednesday, 18 March 2009
StarStuff Podcast Space junk threatens astronauts aboard the International Space Station; the planet hunting Kepler space telescope begins its mission; and North Korea set to launch 'scientific' missile.
Wednesday, 11 March 2009
StarStuff Podcast Near miss as asteroid passes Earth; more evidence of water flows on Mars; and discovery of a supermassive black hole duo.
Thursday, 5 March 2009
Two colossal black holes appear to be orbiting one another in sort of a cosmic minuet at the centre of a faraway galaxy, say US astronomers.
Friday, 20 February 2009
NASA's Fermi telescope has detected a massive explosion in space, which scientists say is the biggest gamma-ray burst ever detected.
Thursday, 22 January 2009
StarStuff podcast Galaxy formation question answered; new launch date for final Hubble Service mission; and StarStuff welcomes in the International Year of Astronomy.
Wednesday, 10 December 2008
StarStuff Podcast New facts about Earth's nearest star; what's the link between super-massive and stellar-sized black holes?; and another entrant lines up for the space tourism race.
Thursday, 27 November 2008
StarStuff Podcast e=mc2 confirmed after 100 years; massive Martian glaciers discovered; Spirit rover powers back to life; and dark matter spotted near our solar system.
Tuesday, 25 November 2008
Hydrogen, the raw material critical to the formation of stars, planets and life appears to be missing from the outer reaches of the universe, says a team of Australian astronomers.
Tuesday, 11 November 2008
StarStuff Podcast NASA satellite detects the farthest gamma-ray burst ever; a new study of black holes raises more questions than answers; and new data on the Moon's volcanic history.
Wednesday, 5 November 2008
StarStuff Podcast Examine the volcanic past of Mercury; meet the Melbourne man hoping to become Australia's first space tourist; and NASA fixes a Hubble Space Telescope problem.
Wednesday, 29 October 2008
StarStuff Podcast Stuart Gary takes to the heavens with India's first lunar mission; another successful Soyuz flight; space elevators turning science fiction into fact; and Britain opens some of its 'X Files'.
Wednesday, 10 September 2008
An Australian scientist says he'd be quite happy not to find what's been called the holy grail of cosmic science, the Higgs Boson, in a mega-experiment that starts today.