This is a special State of the Universe lecture for National Science Week in August 2022. Presented by the Centre for Astrophysics and Supercomputing (CAS) at Swinburne University of Technology. Successfully launched on 25 December 2021, NASA’s successor

In astronomy, we use cutting edge instruments and techniques to learn more about our Universe. But what about turning that focus back to Earth? More and more of our daily activities depend on space and it provides a unique perspective of our planet. In th

Behind the serenity of the night sky, hides an ever-changing Universe of brilliant explosions. Join us online for an interac

Most of our understanding of stars and how they evolve is based on the assumption that they are completely isolated in space

Einstein dreamt of a Universe in which space and time were curved by matter, and how black holes would represent the ultimate manifestations of his physics, and the possibility of a new type of radiation - gravitational waves. Sadly he died before the dis

Presented by Renee Spiewak on Friday 20 September 2019. Like humans, stars often live their long lives in pairs, called binaries. At the end of their lives, they experience drastic transformations, rather than simply ending, and these transformations grea

Presented by Sarah Burke-Spolaor and Lina Levin on 19th February 2010. Pulsars are the compact cores of dead stars that per…