Tag: Space
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Stars and hypersonics: Focus on Space and Defence at the University of Southern Queensland
From fixing jets to testing rockets, discovering planets to looking for aliens, the University of Southern Queensland is at the forefront of Space and Defence research. Teams are working on cutting edge research projects in hypersonic propulsion systems, advanced materials, and astrophysics, making it an exciting time for the University’s planet hunters and rocket builders.…
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50 Years After Moon Landing: What’s Changed and What Hasn’t?
A year’s worth of celebrations for the 50th anniversary of the first moon landing have begun this month. In light of this significant milestone, people are calling to attention the dramatic changes that have occurred within NASA, and globally, since that first expedition. The impacts of the lunar landing have gone above and beyond what…
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Astronomers say flashes from stars are signs of alien civilisation
Two French-Canadian astronomers have recently discovered odd colours flashing from the stars, which they believe are signs of alien civilisation. According to their study, 234 of 2.5 million stars showed signs of ‘spectral modulation’, which means tiny but rapid changes in colours. The biggest and most exciting revelation was that these changes followed a certain pattern, and these patterns were identical…
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New Earth-sized planet discovered in habitable zone
The prospect of finding a planet that supports life and is similar to our own has always been high on scientists’ to-do-lists. For years, astronomers have identified potential habitable planets, only to discover that they’re either too hard to study due to their distance from Earth, or that they don’t meet initial expectations. That is, until now.…
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‘Scoping out the Neighbourhood – China relocates 10 000 people
China is said to be relocating as many as 10,000 people in order to complete construction upon the world’s largest radio telescope. The Five hundred metre Aperture Spherical Radio Telescope (FAST) is located in the south-western province of Guizhou, Mainland China. The Telescope intends to help humankind search for alien life, with Wu Xiangping, director-general of…
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Scientific Breakthrough Observes Gravitational Waves
If you were bamboozled by last week’s ‘Nobel Prize worthy’ scientific breakthrough, you were not alone. In essence; the discovery confirms a major prediction of Albert Einstein’s 1915 general theory of relativity and opens an unprecedented new window onto the cosmos. According to LIGO, the breakthrough ‘observes ripples in the fabric of spacetime called gravitational…
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Hidden Galaxies Discovered Behind the Milky Way
Recent findings presented within the Astronomical Journal have revealed that hundreds of galaxies have been discovered behind the Milky Way. The discovery has provided astronomers with fresh information about a longstanding gravitational anomaly that they had previously been unable to explain. This anomaly, known as ‘The Great Attractor’ has been the cause of confusion and ambiguity…
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Australia’s largest co-working space is opening in Melbourne
Australia’s largest co-working space, The Commons, will open in Melbourne next month in the old Swisse Wellness office. The Commons will feature 96 shared desks, 19 private offices, a communal area, a photography studio, green screen and a recording studio across 1600sqm. Currently the space has signed up music talent management group, 123 Agency plus a…