Milky Way ties with neighbour in galactic arms race
February 15, 2018Astronomers have discovered that our nearest big neighbour, the Andromeda galaxy, is roughly the same size as the Milky Way.
Astronomers peer into the lair of a mysterious cosmic radio burster
January 11, 2018An international team of astronomers has used two of the world's largest radio telescopes to show that a mysterious source of radio bursts is in an astonishingly extreme and unusual environment.
Designing The SKA Telescopes – From Lab To Outback: The Story Of AAVS1 So Far
December 19, 2017The Aperture Array Verification System (AAVS1) is one of the major milestones in the journey towards delivering the final design for SKA1-low, the Australian arm of the first phase of the SKA telescope.
New Curtin Professor and MWA Director to help drive WA towards the SKA
December 14, 2017Professor Melanie Johnston-Hollitt will commence a Professorship at the Curtin University node ICRAR.
Telescopes team up to study giant galaxy
December 12, 2017Astronomers have used two Australian radio telescopes and several optical telescopes to study complex mechanisms that are fuelling jets of material blasting away from a black hole 55 million times more massive than the Sun.
Astronomer’s map reveals location of mysterious fast-moving gas
December 4, 2017An Australian scientist has created the most detailed map ever of clouds of high-velocity gas in the Universe around us. The map covers the entire sky and shows curious clouds of neutral hydrogen gas that are moving at a different speed to the normal rotation of the Milky Way.
