Astronomers take alien search to thousands of galaxies, far, far away
August 27, 2024Curtin University has played a major role in an out-of-this-world international study which has taken the search for extraterrestrial life into exciting new territory. …
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ICRAR’s first Executive Director, Professor Peter Quinn, joins WA Science Hall of Fame
August 20, 2024Professor Quinn led ICRAR from its founding in 2009 until 2022 and was instrumental in the selection of WA as one of two telescope sites for the Square Kilometre Array Observatory (SKAO)
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TeraNet captures laser signals from German satellite, paving the way for 1,000-fold faster communication speeds from space.
July 16, 2024‘TeraNet’, a network of laser ground stations specialising in high-speed space communications, has successfully received signals from a German satellite in low Earth orbit.
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ICRAR Researchers shine at the Astronomical Society of Australia Awards
June 24, 2024Researchers at the International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research (ICRAR) have been honoured for their contributions to astronomy at the 2024 Astronomical Society of Australia…
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Slow-spinning radio star breaks all the rules
June 6, 2024Australian scientists from the University of Sydney, Australia’s national science agency, CSIRO, and ICRAR, have detected what is likely a neutron star spinning slower than any other ever measured.
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ONe Nova to Rule Them All
May 11, 2024Astronomers have proposed a new theory to explain the origin of phosphorus, one of the elements important for life on Earth.
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