Universities in Malaysia have been heavily impacted by the COVID-19 crisis, but they have been remarkably successful in providing educational continuity for their students. Since the beginning of the Movement Control Order in mid-March, campuses throughout Malaysia have been empty.  Given that universities are crowded environments, this closure was an important public health measure [...]

Star bright: Image of the NGC 660 galaxy in optical light and X-ray (green colour).- NASA/JPL-Caltech, SDSS. AN international team led by a Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM) astronomer has discovered two active supermassive black holes. The new black holes were hidden in two nearby galaxies called the ESO 121-G6 and NGC 660. [...]