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UWA and France on hunt for exploding stars
The University of Western Australia and the French Government are working together with industry and researchers to improve monitoring of space for exploding stars billions of light years away.
UWA is working with the Centre National d’Etudes Spatiales, the French Government’s space agency, to install a network of receiver stations across northern Australia. The stations will receive alerts from the Space Variable Objects Monitor satellite in high orbit above Earth. The satellite is sensitive to gamma ray bursts which signal massive stars exploding.
Within seconds an alert will be sent to telescopes, including the UWA Zadko Telescope, which will capture the rare events in the sky above northern Australia. The satellite stations across Australia fill a global blind spot, allowing scientists to access a unique part of the sky.
Press Release – University of Western Australia The University of Western Australia and the French Government are working together with industry and researchers to improve monitoring of space for exploding stars billions of light years away. UWA is working with the Centre National dEtudes …
The University of Western Australia and the French Government are working together with industry and researchers to improve monitoring of space for exploding stars billions of light years away.
UWA is working with the Centre National d’Etudes Spatiales, the French Government’s space agency, to install a network of receiver stations across northern Australia. The stations will receive alerts from the Space Variable Objects Monitor satellite in high orbit above Earth. The satellite is sensitive to gamma ray bursts which signal massive stars exploding.
Monday, 24 May 2021, 4:20 pm
The University of Western Australia and the French
Government are working together with industry and
researchers to improve monitoring of space for exploding
stars billions of light years away.
UWA is working
with the Centre National d’Etudes Spatiales, the French
Government’s space agency, to install a network of
receiver stations across northern Australia. The stations
will receive alerts from the Space
Variable Objects Monitor satellite in high orbit above
Earth. The satellite is sensitive to gamma ray bursts which
signal massive stars exploding.
Within seconds an
alert will be sent to telescopes, including the UWA Zadko
December 23, 2020
Astronomers used radio waves to study conditions in the vicinity of Proxima Centauri, the nearest star to our sun. The results suggest Proxima’s 2 known planets are likely bathed in intense radiation from this star, casting doubt on the planets’ potential for life.
Artist’s concept of huge flares on Proxima Centauri, which unleash ionizing radiation. This radiation could be dangerous for any possible life on planets orbiting close to the star. Image via NASA/ ESA/ G. Bacon (STScI)/
This month, even as some astronomers are talking about a possible mystery radio signal from Proxima Centauri – a signal of interest to astronomers who search for intelligent life beyond Earth – other astronomers are talking about space weather in the vicinity of this star, which is the nearest star to our sun. Space weather in Proxima’s vicinity, they are saying, might make life on its planets difficult or even impossible.