First AusSRC Director Appointed
July 21, 2020CSIRO astronomer Dr Karen Lee-Waddell has been appointed as the first Director of the Australian Square Kilometre Array Regional Centre (AusSRC).
ICRAR Statement on Black Lives Matter
July 15, 2020In light of the recent and ongoing Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement, particular attention has been drawn to issues of systemic biases and racism…
Writers invited to step into space for National Science Week
July 6, 2020Claire Bowen Management, July 3 2020: Western Australian writers of all ages and experience will be inspired by the cosmos to write a monologue for…
Preparations complete in Western Australia for construction of world’s largest telescope
June 10, 2020Following seven years of design and prototyping work, the Curtin University node of ICRAR has completed its preparations for the construction of the Square Kilometre Array (SKA) in Western Australia.
Black Hole Outburst Caught on Video
June 2, 2020Astronomers have caught a black hole hurling hot material into space at close to the speed of light. This flare-up was captured in a new…
Cosmic bursts unveil Universe’s missing matter
May 27, 2020Astronomers have used mysterious fast radio bursts to solve a decades-old mystery of ‘missing matter’, long predicted to exist in the Universe but never detected—until now.
