Archive for 2010
Australia asked to join gravity hunt
Australia offered $140 million detector to hunt Einstein’s gravitational waves.
Diamond life for distant planet
Searing hot planet rich in carbon could have mountains made of diamond.
City of sparkling stars
Star cluster Messier 107 comprises thousands of dazzling stellar orbs living together in harmony.
Star really is made of stardust
Star found with enough zirconium to make 4 billion tonnes of fake diamonds.
Sydney astronomer gets top science medal
Recognition of research into one of the unsolved mysteries of universe—magnetism.
Meet Mimas, the bullseye moon
Almost shattered by a titanic cosmic collision, Mimas still bears the scars.
Mars is the pits
Huge holes in the Martian surface revealed by NASA spacecraft.
South Pole telescope nears completion
IceCube aims to detect Nature’s most elusive fundamental particles…neutrinos.
Wolf in sheep’s clothing
A super-hot, massive star burns at the heart of the Crescent Nebula.
The Ring Nebula
The entrancingly beautiful final stage in the life of a Sun-like star.
