physical science
Physical science topics: Astronomy
Hunting for dark energy with the WiggleZ
Simply astronomical – the Square Kilometre Array
Life on Mars?
Astronomy in the deep freeze
Calendars – keeping track of time
Hunting for dark energy with the WiggleZ
Mysterious dark energy is thought to make up a large part of our universe. But what is dark energy and how will the WiggleZ help us understand it?
Sponsored by:
 Swinburne University of Technology |
 University of Queensland |
Simply astronomical – the Square Kilometre Array
Australia is playing a leading part in plans to build the world’s largest radio telescope.
Sponsored by:
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International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research |
Life on Mars?
Recent discoveries on Mars have re-kindled the long-running debate between scientists about the existence of Martian life.
Sponsored by:
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Kanagawa Prefectural Museum of Natural History |
Astronomy in the deep freeze
Astronomers are going to the coldest place on Earth to search for the heat radiated by distant objects in the universe.
Sponsored by:
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the Australian Government's National Innovation Awareness Strategy |
Calendars – keeping track of time
At midnight on New Year's Eve 2008 an extra second was added to clocks around the world to synchronise them to Earth's rotation. But keeping time wasn't always so precise.
Sponsored by:
| Australian university mathematical sciences departments |
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the Australian Government's National Innovation Awareness Strategy |