By Silvia Mantovanini, PhD Candidate, Astronomy, Curtin University
Natasha Hurley-Walker, Radio Astronomer, Curtin University
The Milky Way is a rich and complex environment. We see it as a luminous line stretching across the night sky, composed of innumerable stars.
But that’s just the visible light. Observing the sky in other ways, such as through radio waves, provides a much more nuanced scene – full of charged particles and magnetic fields.
For decades, astronomers have used radio telescopes to explore our galaxy. By studying the properties of the objects residing in the Milky Way, we can better understand its evolution and composition.
Our study, published…
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Tuesday, October 28, 2025
Russia’s abuse of national security and public safety laws to silence opposition to the war in Ukraine has reached “alarming levels”, the UN independent expert who monitors human rights in Russia has warned.
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Tuesday, October 28, 2025
The chair of an independent commission investigating alleged human rights abuses in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, told a General Assembly committee on Tuesday that Israel has committed “four genocidal acts” in Gaza, while leaders had “incited the commission of genocide.”
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By Human Rights Watch
Mali’s military junta has temporarily shut down all schools and universities after an Islamist armed group laid siege to the nation’s capital, Bamako, and cut off fuel supplies, deepening the suffering of children and youth whose education has been disrupted by years of conflict. Click to expand Image A shuttered school in Bamako, Mali, October 27, 2025. © 2025 Private Mali’s education minister announced on October 26 that classes would be suspended nationwide “due to disruptions in [the] fuel supply,” affecting transportation for students and education staff.Since early September,…
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By Madeline-Sophie Abbas, Senior Lecturer in Sociology, Lancaster University
The home secretary has the power to remove a person’s British citizenship if they consider it ‘conducive to the public good’.
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By Richard Hargy, Visiting Research Fellow in International Studies, Queen's University Belfast
The states are high, so the Trump administration is trying to change voting laws, while both sides gerrymandering to give them an advantage.
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By Edward White, PhD Candidate in Psychology, Kingston University
Climate change is reshaping weather patterns around the world, with monsoons, droughts, hurricanes and heatwaves all occurring with greater frequency and intensity. Aside from disturbing ecosystems, these environmental shifts risk triggering psychological reactions in people that can escalate into violent conflict.
The cognitive mechanisms that are triggered in people as a result of the effects of climate change share fundamental similarities with aggression…
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By Jason Reed, Associate Teaching Professor of Finance, University of Notre Dame
Even in the best of times, the Fed has a tough time interpreting the data and deciding how best to guide the US economy.
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By Steve Schifferes, Honorary Research Fellow, City Political Economy Research Centre, City St George's, University of London
In each era of globalisation since the mid-17th century, a single country has sought to be the clear world leader – shaping the rules of the global economy for all.
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By Paul Pettitt, Professor in the Department of Archaeology, Durham University
The ability to make art has often been considered a hallmark of our species. Over a century ago, prehistorians even had trouble believing that modern humans from the Upper Palaeolithic (between 45,000 and 12,000 years ago) were capable of artistic flair.
Discoveries of uncontrovertibly old artworks from the caves and rockshelters of Europe soon dispelled their doubts. But what of the Neanderthals; an ancient, large-brained sister group to our own species? We now know that they were capable of making…
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