SKA ORGANISATION HEADQUARTERS OPENING CEREMONY PAVES THE WAY FORWARD FOR THE WORLD’S LARGEST RADIO TELESCOPE
May 7, 2013Less than a year after the decision to site the revolutionary Square Kilometre Array (SKA) in both Southern Africa and Australia, the SKA Organisation has opened its new international headquarters.
SUPERNOVA REMNANT 1987A CONTINUES TO REVEAL ITS SECRETS
April 2, 2013A team of astronomers led by the International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research (ICRAR) have succeeded in observing the death throws of a giant star in unprecedented detail.
MIDWEST SCHOOLS AND COMMUNITIES GET STARSTRUCK
March 12, 2013WA’s Midwest communities are in for a celestial treat as scientists and science communicators hit the road this month, bringing with them astronomy for all ages.
ASTRONOMICAL DELIGHTS AT ASTROFEST 2013
February 20, 2013Get ready as Astrofest 2013 gears up to deliver some astronomically awesome delights the whole family can enjoy.
FORMER STUDENT’S STELLAR $2M GIFT TO BOOST SKA SCIENCE
January 16, 2013A former science student of The University of Western Australia has donated $2 million to fund a new research position that will help shed light on some of the biggest mysteries in the Universe.
GALACTIC GEYSERS FUELLED BY STAR STUFF
January 10, 2013Enormous outflows of charged particles from the centre of our Galaxy, stretching more than halfway across the sky and moving at supersonic speeds, have been detected and mapped with CSIRO’s 64-m Parkes radio telescope.