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Galactic fireworks: stunning features of nearby galaxies revealed

16 July 2021 -
Using the best telescopes on Earth and in space, Dr Rebecca McElroy from the University of Sydney is part of the international PHANGS team unlocking the secrets of how stars are born. Look at the amazing images of nearby galaxies they have created.
www.sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/news/2021/07/17/galactic-fireworks-stunning-features-nearby-galaxies-phangs-muse-eso-sifa.html
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Student astronomer finds galactic missing matter

8 February 2021 -
Half of the universe's baryonic matter is 'missing', but University of Sydney PhD student Yuanming Wang has developed an ingenious method to help track it down.
www.sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/news/2021/02/08/student-astronomer-finds-galactic-missing-matter-askap-radio-astronomy.html
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Astronomers find regular rhythms among pulsating stars

14 May 2020 -
Young fast-rotating delta Scuti stars have defied analysis of its oscillations - until now. An Australian-led with Professor Tim Bedding from the University of Sydney has successfully discovered regular patterns in their oscillations. Their findings
www.sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/news/2020/05/14/astronomers-find-regular-rhythms-among-pulsating-delta-scuti-stars.html
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50th anniversary of the moon landing: Sydney experts weigh in

19 July 2019 -
Astrophysicist Professor Geraint Lewis is an expert on the role of dark energy and dark matter on the evolution and ultimate fate of the universe.
www.sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/news/2019/07/19/50th-anniversary-of-the-moon-landing-Sydney-experts-weigh-in.html
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2018 events

Tuesday June 04, 2024
Australian dramatist Alana Valentine, cosmologist Geraint Lewis, poet Tricia Dearborn and physicist Zdenka Kuncic explore some home truths as they face off for a lively debate about the authenticity of art
www.sydney.edu.au/engage/events-sponsorships/sydney-ideas/2018.html
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Worlds next door: looking for habitable planets at Alpha Centauri

23 August 2022 -
In collaboration with the Breakthrough Initiative, Saber Astronautics and NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Professor Peter Tuthill at the University of Sydney is leading TOLIMAN, a project to discover if the nearest stars have planets that could
www.sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/news/2021/11/17/worlds-next-door-habitable-planets-alpha-centauri-exoplanets-breakthrough.html
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Our research - Faculty of Science

For more information contact Geraint Lewis.
www.sydney.edu.au/science/our-research/research-centres/sydney-institute-for-astronomy/research.html
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Europe

A joint research project co-led by Professor Geraint Lewis and Professor Rob Ivison, astrophysicists at the University of Sydney and the University of Edinburgh, has opened up a new window ... galaxies. Professor Lewis and Professor Ivison expect new
www.sydney.edu.au/engage/global-engagement/university-partnerships/europe.html
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Sydney researchers ranked among global elite

6 September 2023 -
Professor Geraint Lewis.
www.sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/news/2022/11/16/sydney-researchers-ranked-among-global-elite.html
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Feeling glum? 10 positive stories you may have missed

14 August 2020 -
In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, there is still some good happening in the world. Here are ten of the University of Sydney's most promising and positive stories that you may have missed.
www.sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/news/2020/08/11/feeling-glum--10-positive-stories-you-may-have-missed.html