Galaxy silhouettes reveal few seeds for new stars (Image: ESO/L. Calçada/ESA/AOES Medialab, Swinburne Astronomy Productions)

Universe breaks its fever (Image credit: Swinburne University of Technology)

Galactic feeding frenzy (Image credit: ESO/L. Calada/ESA/AOES Medialab)

Australia’s first ‘astrocomb’!

Nature’s laws may vary across the sky (background image: Axel Mellinger © 2009)

World’s first ‘astrocomb’!

Observatories atop Mauna Kea, Hawaii (Image credit: Adrian Malec)

Quasar absorption line research (Image: The Hubble Heritage Team (AURA/STSci/NASA)]

European Southern Observatory’s ‘top 100’ images (Image credit: ESO/H.H. Heyer)