Blinded by the light no more: simulations show NASA’s James Webb Telescope will reveal hidden galaxies
Australian researchers find ways to overcome the blinding glare [...]
Bill Condie
Education, Outreach & Communications
Science in Public
Biography
Bill Condie has been a journalist for more than 35 years, mostly writing and editing for British national newspapers, including The Times, The Guardian, the Observer, The Daily Telegraph, the Daily Mirror, and the London Evening Standard. His career has been wide-ranging from international affairs, to politics and science. Since returning to Australia he has concentrated on science journalism and writing, first working at Australia’s leading science magazine Cosmos, first as an editor and later as Publisher, then as Head of Publishing at the Royal Institution of Australia. He has also produced written and video content both for traditional media outlets and for researchers, universities and other institutions including Flinders University, Monash University and the University of Adelaide, to help them communicate complex subjects to a wide audience.
Elements of surprise: neutron stars contribute little, but something’s making gold, research finds
Colliding neutron stars were touted as the main source [...]
Astronomers see ‘cosmic ring of fire’, 11 billion years ago
Astronomers have captured an image of a super-rare type of [...]
Hungry Galaxies Grow Fat on the Flesh of Their Neighbours
Galaxies grow large by eating their smaller neighbours, new [...]
Star-quake vibrations lead to new estimate for Milky Way age
Data gathered by NASA’s now defunct Kepler telescope provides a [...]
Science needs true diversity to succeed – and Australian astronomy shows how we can get it
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Spin doctors: Astrophysicists find when galaxies rotate, size matters
Sky survey provides clues to how they change over time. [...]
Shining a light on the Cosmic Dark Ages
Researchers hunt for a 12-billion-year-old signal that marks the [...]
Anaemic star carries the mark of its ancient ancestor
Australian-led astronomers find the most iron-poor star in the Galaxy, [...]