Hiding in plain sight, astronomers find new type of stellar object
July 19, 2023An international team led by astronomers from Curtin University and the International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research (ICRAR) has discovered a new type of stellar object that challenges our understanding of the physics of neutron stars.
ICRAR researchers win national recognition
June 20, 2022Dr Adelle Goodwin, Dr Natasha Hurley-Walker, and Dr Adam Stevens have all been recognised in this year's Astronomical Society of Australia awards.
Astronomers witness the dragging of space-time in stellar cosmic dance
January 31, 2020After almost 20 years of patient monitoring, an international team of astronomers have witnessed the very fabric of space-time being dragged around a rapidly-rotating exotic star known as a white dwarf.