Chris Wright has discovered enough water to fill our planet’s oceans a million times. Unfortunately the water is in a stellar nursery in the Orion constellation about 1500 light years away. Wright, an astronomer at the Australian Defence Force Academy in Canberra, has used an orbital telescope to explore regions of the universe/galaxy where stars…
When black holes rip stars and gas clouds to pieces, the debris gets so hot that it shrouds the black hole with a brilliant blue-white light. Or so everyone thought, until we discovered pink quasars; black holes glowing with a pink light so intense that they are amongst the pinkest objects in the Universe.
Astronomers using the Anglo-Australian Telescope have found the first signs of weather outside the Solar System, on objects called ‘brown dwarfs’, which are like a cross between a Jupiter-like planet and a star. Astronomers have found the first hints that failed stars known as ‘brown dwarfs’ may have weather patterns with winds, clouds and storms.…
Pure clean water A young Sydney researcher and surfer is using laser technology to revolutionise the detection of dangerous bugs like cryptosporidium in water.
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Fresh Science is a national competition and training program helping early-career researchers find and share their stories of discovery.
We take young researchers with no media experience and help them become media spokespeople for their science, and reach stakeholders in government and industry.
Fresh Science gives finalists a taste of life in the limelight, with a day of media training, a day of training in stakeholder engagement, and a public event in their home state.
Alumni of the program include Professor Allan Duffy and Dr Niraj Lal.
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