ICRAR’s first Executive Director, Professor Peter Quinn, joins WA Science Hall of Fame
August 20, 2024Professor Quinn led ICRAR from its founding in 2009 until 2022 and was instrumental in the selection of WA as one of two telescope sites for the Square Kilometre Array Observatory (SKAO)
TeraNet captures laser signals from German satellite, paving the way for 1,000-fold faster communication speeds from space.
July 16, 2024‘TeraNet’, a network of laser ground stations specialising in high-speed space communications, has successfully received signals from a German satellite in low Earth orbit.
ICRAR Researchers shine at the Astronomical Society of Australia Awards
June 24, 2024Researchers at the International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research (ICRAR) have been honoured for their contributions to astronomy at the 2024 Astronomical Society of Australia…
Slow-spinning radio star breaks all the rules
June 6, 2024Australian scientists from the University of Sydney, Australia’s national science agency, CSIRO, and ICRAR, have detected what is likely a neutron star spinning slower than any other ever measured.
A giant galactic explosion catches galaxy pollution in the act
April 22, 2024A team of international researchers studied the galaxy NGC 4383, in the nearby Virgo cluster, revealing a gas outflow so large that it would take 20,000 years for light to travel from one side to the other.
ICRAR welcomes new Board Chair Dr David Skellern AO
March 28, 2024ICRAR is pleased to welcome Dr David Skellern AO as our new board chair. Dr Skellern will commence as Board Chair on April 1.
