WA science legend leaves behind a remarkable legacy
March 19, 2019Passionate marine science and radio astronomy leader Dr Bernard Bowen passed away peacefully early this morning.
Australia’s commitment to world’s largest telescope
March 13, 2019Australia has joined six other nations in signing an international treaty committing to the construction of the world’s largest science facility – the Square Kilometre Array (SKA).
4MOST introduced to the scientific community
March 7, 20194MOST will be the largest spectroscopic survey facility of its kind in the Southern hemisphere and address today’s most pressing astronomical questions in the fields of Galactic archaeology, high-energy astrophysics, galaxy evolution and cosmology.
UK-led Signal and Data Transport consortium concludes design work
January 25, 2019The international Signal and Data Transport (SaDT) engineering consortium has concluded its work to design the complex system of networking that forms the backbone of the SKA.
Join the Celebration of A Hundred Years under One Sky
December 21, 2018In 2019, the International Astronomical Union (IAU) is celebrating its 100th anniversary (IAU100) and the astronomical breakthroughs that have shaped science, technology and culture throughout the last century.
ICRAR astrophysicist named ‘Superstar of STEM’
December 11, 2018ICRAR-Curtin University astrophysicist Dr Natasha Hurley-Walker has been named one of Australia’s Superstars of STEM for 2019/2020 by science minister Karen Andrews.