Does the Milky Way have a sibling and how are stars formed? How can a telescope go back over 13 billion years ago to the Cosmic Dawn? The ASTRO 3D Centre of Excellence are unlocking some of the deepest mysteries of our universe and produced perhaps the clearest and most comprehensive picture of how matter, chemical elements, and energy evolved. Some of the astronomers and astrophysicists involved share their insights.

Presented by ARC Centre of Excellence for All Sky Astrophysics in 3 Dimensions (ASTRO 3D)

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Speakers

Emma Ryan-WeberDirector of ASTRO 3D, the Centre of Excellence in Astrophysics

Dr Nichole BarryScienta Lecturer at UNSW

Amanda KarakasAssociate Professor, School of Physics and Astronomy Monash University 

Jesse Van De SandeAstronomer, lecturer in Astrophysics UNSW 

Jonathan Webb (host)ABC's Science Editor