School of Physics

Artist's impression of the rocky terrain and lava rivers on the surface of Gliese 486b

A rocky planet discovered in the Virgo constellation could change how we look for life in the universe.

An ensemble of twenty-five disk galaxies

UNSW-led research will enable astronomers to look at any galaxy in the Universe and predict when it will stop producing stars.

Gas bubbles in ice sample

The most-read stories of 2020 take us from the depths of the mind to the edges of the universe.

benoit voisin

Australian researchers have found the ideal position for qubits in silicon - a development that will help them to scale up atom-based quantum computers.

Starry night sky with tree silhouettes in foreground

A faraway galaxy with almost no dark matter has threatened to break our theory of galaxy formation. New evidence suggests the galaxy isn’t an anomaly – but a victim of theft.

Day and night at the Anglo Australian Telescope

The Australian-led GALAH project has released chemical information for 600,000 stars.

Close-up of solar flare and coronal mass ejection on the Sun

Scientists have trained an artificial intelligence (AI) to help understand the evolution of young stars and their planets – a new benchmark in the use of AI in astronomy.

Astronaut and aliens seated in a space bus

It’s not rocket science – or is it? A UNSW Sydney astronomer explains how the right sci-fi watchlist can make physics easier to understand.

Artist’s impression of the thin stream of stars torn from the Phoenix globular cluster, wrapping around the Milky Way

Scientists find remnant of strange dismembered star cluster at Galaxy’s edge

South Pole

Stars viewed from a place called Dome A in Antarctica can finally be seen without their twinkle – which means in much greater detail.

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