Ken and Julie Michael Prize 2022 awarded
December 6, 2022The 2022 award recipients are joint winners Jishnu Thekkeppattu and Torrance Hodgson from ICRAR-Curtin & Mitchell Cavanagh and Jessica Thorne ICRAR-UWA.
Unexpected flash leads researchers to monster black hole in cosmic feeding frenzy
December 1, 2022An MIT-led study triggered by a surprising deep space ‘flash’ could help us learn how supermassive black holes feed and grow.
ICRAR to build the ‘beating heart’ of the Square Kilometre Array
November 28, 2022ICRAR’s University of Western Australia node has been awarded the construction contract to build the Square Kilometre Array’s Frequency Distribution System in South Africa.
Taking the James Webb Space Telescope’s images to the next level
November 23, 2022Researchers at the International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research (ICRAR) have released a spectacular new render of the first James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) image. Utilising specialised software, the new image shows the incredible capabilities of the JWST and the how deeply it can search the universe.
ICRAR’s Dr Adelle Goodwin named a ‘Superstar of STEM’
November 18, 2022Black hole researcher and International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research (ICRAR) astrophysicist, Dr Adelle Goodwin, has been named a Superstar of STEM by Science and Technology Australia.
WALLABY builds an intergalactic map in the outback
November 15, 2022A radio telescope in remote Western Australia is helping to build a 3D map of the night sky, mapping galaxies up to a billion light years away.