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JAN/FEB 2009
SPECIAL ASTRONOMY EDITION
Discovering Dark Energy
Only 4% of the Universe is visible, so what makes astronomers think that most of it is made up of “dark matter” and “dark energy”?
The First Galaxies
New technologies are enabling astronomers to peer through a haze of hydrogen to when the first galaxies were born less than
1 billion years after the Big Bang.
The Growth of Galaxies
When did our Milky Way Galaxy form and how did it evolve?
The Magnetic Universe
Magnets are everywhere, but we don’t know how they got here.
Starquakes
Astronomers are now applying the methods of seismology to the oscillations of stars to allow us to probe their interiors with unprecedented detail.
Building Universes Bit by Bit
Computational cosmologists can create as many versions of the Universe as they like, without needing to leave their desks to look through a telescope.
Antarctic Astronomy
The best place to observe the stars is from the end of the Earth.
The Square Kilometre Array
The vast collecting area of the Square Kilometre Array will revolutionise radio astronomy, allowing galaxies to be detected in the early Universe and allowing precision tests of Einstein’s theory of gravity.
conSCIENCE
Who Watches Over Scientific Misconduct?
The quality of Australian science is diminished because, unlike most OECD countries, Australia does not have an office or ombudsman for scientific integrity.
BROWSE
First Family Found
NZ’s Tuatara Alive and Breeding
“Natural Selection” Unscrambles Gravitational Lensing
Anti-Cancer Agent Lowers Dose and Side-Effects
Cane Toads Cull Crocodiles
Sex Recognition Played By Ear
Murray–Darling Report Paints Grim Picture
Cough Drug Saves Water
Crops Surviving Pollinator Decline
Financial Crisis to Hurt Agricultural Science
Further Fossil Fish Finds at Gogo
Melbourne Telescope Comes Home
New Dwarf Planets
Atomic Wrist Watch
South Australia Older Than Suspected
Pregnancy Is Not Mind-Numbing
REGULAR COLUMNS
Guest Editorial: Prof Geraint Lewis
Australasian Sky
January Star Chart
Out Of This World
Publish or Perish
Beamline