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.
PROVIDING A CLEARER VIEW OF OUR EARLY UNIVERSE
December 17, 2012A new data analysis tool will be used by CAASTRO researchers at the Curtin University node of ICRAR to handle large quantities of data coming in from the new low frequency radio telescope, the Murchison Widefield Array (MWA).
ASTRONOMERS DISCOVER “MISSING LINK” OF BLACK HOLES
December 13, 2012The discovery of a bingeing black hole in our nearest neighbouring galaxy, Andromeda, has shed new light on some of the brightest X-ray sources seen in other galaxies.
NEW RADIO TELESCOPE COULD SAVE WORLD BILLIONS
November 30, 2012Murchison Widefield Array telescope complete after eight years.
