'Cosmic whodunit': WA telescopes spot mysterious, powerful space signals

[WA Today]( --------------------------------------------------------------- Thursday, 11th October, 2018 AM News Update [Curtin University senior lecturer Dr Jean-Pierre Macquart. ]( ['Cosmic whodunit': WA telescopes spot mysterious, powerful space signals]( BY Cameron Myles Some of the most elusive and powerful intergalactic phenomena have been captured by telescopes in WA's Mid West. --------------------------------------------------------------- Top stories [Come on Rottnest. Seriously. Get. It. Together.]( As if the holiday isle - as gorgeous as the beaches are - hasn't received enough criticism lately. [I love quokkas. Just not on my table. ]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Papua New Guinea and Bali rattled by earthquakes]( A magnitude 7 earthquake has hit Papua New Guinea, while a magnitude 6 earthquake struck off Bali and Java, killing three. 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