How galactic winds stopped star formation. Strange radio emissions. Hercules stars and the evolving Milky Way. Find gravitational waves with pulsar timing

National recognition for astronomers from Sydney, Canberra, Melbourne and Perth.

• Galactic winds stopped big galaxies from growing, Dr Rebecca Davies, Swinburne University
• How the Milky Way and its neighbours have evolved, Professor Naomi McClure-Griffiths, ANU
• Models of galaxy formation across cosmic epochs, Associate Professor Claudia Lagos, ICRAR/ UWA
• Detecting gravitational waves with pulsars, Dr Matthew Miles, Swinburne University (now at Vanderbilt University, USA)
• Cosmic pulses and stellar bursts: a tool for decoding radio transients, Dr Joshua Preston Pritchard, CSIRO
• Our wandering neighbours – the Hercules stream, Li Yusen, ANU.

The Astronomical Society of Australia (ASA) honours six astronomers at its Annual Scientific Meeting in Adelaide this week.

“Our 2025 prize winners are investigating how galaxies form and evolve, and developing new tools to explore the cosmos. They are working with some of the most remarkable instruments created by humanity, and they’re demonstrating the strength of Australian astronomy on the world stage,” says ASA President Professor Stas Shabala.