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Finding quasars will help us understand how galaxies were formed. NASA

Back to where we started: tracing the origins of galaxies

By Stuart Wyithe, University of Melbourne

Today, the University of Melbourne’s Professor Stuart Wyithe was awarded the 2011 Malcolm McIntosh Prize for Physical Scientist of the Year for his work on the origin of galaxies. The multi-award winning…
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You wouldn't believe what modern telescopes can do. Professor Fumolatro/Flickr

Will we ever see the Big Bang?

By Geraint Lewis, University of Sydney

Last week, scientists set a new distance record, seeing a burst of gamma-rays from a star that exploded when the universe was only 520 million years old. The light from this distant source has been travelling…

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Universe in a spin at Big Bang

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An excess of counter-clockwise rotating, or “left-handed,” spiral galaxies have been found, providing evidence that the universe…