From stars to atoms

The Universe is an incredible place, filled with many wonders and objects stranger than fiction. Come on an adventure as Sara breaks down the physics behind blackholes, cosmic voids and planets too extreme even for Goldilocks.

Sara is an observational astronomer who is fascinated by the unknowns. Sara uses new and exciting machine learning techniques to help identify only the most interesting sources, hoping to uncover the rarest cosmic explosions in the Universe.

When black holes collide, they emit gravitational waves. Unlike light, gravitational waves aren't blocked by dust. Avi's work demonstrates what we can learn about the cloudy centers of galaxies from the black holes dancing and merging inside them.

Avi is a PhD student at Monash University. He has been working with the LIGO-scientific collaboration to study gravitational waves emitted from black hole collisions. He will be starting a postdoc position at the University of Auckland this October.

Mitko's research investigates polaritons, particles formed of light and matter that can improve circuits and reduce global warming effects.

Mitko is completing his PhD at Monash University and recently made it to the international finals in the Visualise Your Thesis competition