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A realistic picture of how galaxies formed and evolved from the first billion years after the Big Bang to the present day has been revealed by new audiovisual simulations.
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The International Space Centre at The University of Western Australia is leading a cross-sector campaign seeking government support for a human spaceflight mission to help anchor Australia to the global space economy.","sxaTags":[{"title":"Media statements"},{"title":"Astronomy and Astrophysics"},{"title":"International"},{"title":"Frontier technologies"},{"title":"STEM"},{"title":"Home Page"},{"title":"International relations"},{"title":"Space"}]},{"title":"New fear unlocked: runaway black holes","featuredimage":"/news/-/media/project/uwa/uwa/newsroom/card-image/2026/conversation-black-holes-card-944x522.jpg","link":"https://www.uwa.edu.au/news/article/2026/january/new-fear-unlocked-runaway-black-holes","publisheddate":"2026-01-28","summary":"
Astronomers now have evidence that black holes can be flung across galaxies at extreme speeds, rare cosmic runaways that reshape how we see the universe.","sxaTags":[{"title":"Astronomy and Astrophysics"},{"title":"Physics"},{"title":"Home Page"},{"title":"Space"},{"title":"Research"}]},{"title":"The DEVILS in the details: new research reveals how the cosmic landscape impacts the galaxy lifecycle","featuredimage":"/news/-/media/project/uwa/uwa/newsroom/card-image/2025/devils-icrar-card-944x522.jpg","link":"https://www.uwa.edu.au/news/article/2025/november/the-devils-in-the-details-new-research-reveals-how-the-cosmic-landscape-impacts-the-galaxy-lifecycle","publisheddate":"2025-11-27","summary":"
Research shows a galaxy's cosmic neighbourhood, busy or isolated, plays a powerful role in shaping its growth, structure and evolution over billions of years.","sxaTags":[{"title":"Media statements"},{"title":"ICRAR"},{"title":"Astronomy and Astrophysics"},{"title":"Home Page"},{"title":"Research"},{"title":"Space"}]},{"title":"Space for growth on Earth","featuredimage":"/news/-/media/project/uwa/uwa/newsroom/card-image/2025/ryan-lister_ian-small_card.jpg","link":"https://www.uwa.edu.au/news/article/2025/uniview/summer/space-for-growth-on-earth","publisheddate":"2025-11-19","summary":"
Autonomous agriculture created for space exploration has spin-off benefits on Earth where climate change is affecting crop growth and yield and compelling farmers to find innovative ways to adapt.
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Twelve academics  have been recognised on the annual Highly Cited Researchers 2025 list from Clarivate.","sxaTags":[{"title":"Artificial Intelligence"},{"title":"Astronomy and Astrophysics"},{"title":"Environment"},{"title":"Health"},{"title":"Mathematics"},{"title":"Computer Science"},{"title":"Nature and Science"},{"title":"Medical School"},{"title":"Oceans Institute"},{"title":"Physics"},{"title":"Research category"},{"title":"School of Biological Sciences"},{"title":"School of Human Sciences"},{"title":"ICRAR"},{"title":"UWA School of Agriculture and Environmental Science"},{"title":"CorporateHome"},{"title":"Home Page"},{"title":"Awards and Achievements"},{"title":"Health-and-Medicine"},{"title":"Our People"},{"title":"Research"},{"title":"Science and Environment"},{"title":"Space"}]},{"title":"World-leading researchers in the running for Premier's Science Awards","featuredimage":"/news/-/media/project/uwa/uwa/newsroom/card-image/2025/premiers-science-awards-card.jpg","link":"https://www.uwa.edu.au/news/article/2025/october/world-leading-researchers-in-the-running-for-premiers-science-awards","publisheddate":"2025-10-22","summary":"
Globally influential researchers in marine sciences, plant genomics and astronomy are among 16 researchers affiliated with The University of Western Australia to be named finalists in this year’s Premier’s Science Awards.","sxaTags":[{"title":"Media statements"},{"title":"Astronomy and Astrophysics"},{"title":"Biomedical Engineering"},{"title":"Defence"},{"title":"Engineering"},{"title":"Environment"},{"title":"ICRAR"},{"title":"Health"},{"title":"Innovation"},{"title":"Mathematics"},{"title":"Medical School"},{"title":"Nature and Science"},{"title":"Oceans Institute"},{"title":"Paediatrics"},{"title":"Regional rural and remote"},{"title":"Frontier technologies"},{"title":"Health and biotechnology"},{"title":"Our place culture and heritage"},{"title":"Resilient environment and climate change"},{"title":"School of Molecular Sciences"},{"title":"School of Indigenous Studies"},{"title":"STEM"},{"title":"School of Biological Sciences"},{"title":"School of Biomedical Sciences"},{"title":"The UWA Institute of Agriculture"},{"title":"CorporateHome"},{"title":"Home Page"},{"title":"Awards and Achievements"},{"title":"Engineering and Technology"},{"title":"Health-and-Medicine"},{"title":"Our People"},{"title":"Research"},{"title":"Science and Environment"},{"title":"Space"}]},{"title":"How a nutrient spark turned Earth into an oxygen world","featuredimage":"/news/-/media/project/uwa/uwa/newsroom/card-image/2025/earth-and-oxygen-card.jpg","link":"https://www.uwa.edu.au/news/article/2025/october/how-a-nutrient-spark-turned-earth-into-an-oxygen-world","publisheddate":"2025-10-17","summary":"
A new study has revealed how phosphorus, a nutrient essential for photosynthesis, surged into ancient oceans and started Earth’s first major rise in atmospheric oxygen more than two billion years ago. ","sxaTags":[{"title":"Media statements"},{"title":"Astronomy and Astrophysics"},{"title":"Environment"},{"title":"Nature and Science"},{"title":"Research category"},{"title":"Resilient environment and climate change"},{"title":"School of Earth Sciences"},{"title":"Home Page"},{"title":"CorporateHome"},{"title":"Research"},{"title":"Science and Environment"}]},{"title":"Dwarf galaxies linked by massive intergalactic gas bridge","featuredimage":"/news/-/media/project/uwa/uwa/newsroom/card-image/2025/dwarf-galaxies-card.jpg","link":"https://www.uwa.edu.au/news/article/2025/september/dwarf-galaxies-linked-by-massive-intergalactic-gas-bridge","publisheddate":"2025-09-24","summary":"
Astronomers have made a groundbreaking discovery of a colossal bridge of neutral hydrogen gas linking two dwarf galaxies.","sxaTags":[{"title":"Media statements"},{"title":"Astronomy and Astrophysics"},{"title":"Innovation"},{"title":"International"},{"title":"ICRAR"},{"title":"Research category"},{"title":"Frontier technologies"},{"title":"Home Page"},{"title":"Research"},{"title":"Space"}]},{"title":"Poland and Australia partner to track space junk","featuredimage":"/news/-/media/project/uwa/uwa/newsroom/card-image/2025/space-junk-card.jpg","link":"https://www.uwa.edu.au/news/article/2025/september/poland-and-australia-partner-to-track-space-junk","publisheddate":"2025-09-22","summary":"
An international team of researchers at The University of Western Australia is collaborating on a project to identify objects in space orbiting above Australasia. ","sxaTags":[{"title":"Media statements"},{"title":"Astronomy and Astrophysics"},{"title":"ICRAR"},{"title":"Innovation"},{"title":"International"},{"title":"Regional rural and remote"},{"title":"Research category"},{"title":"Frontier technologies"},{"title":"STEM"},{"title":"Home Page"},{"title":"International relations"},{"title":"Learning-and-teaching"},{"title":"Our-community"},{"title":"Partnerships"},{"title":"Research"},{"title":"Space"}]}]}