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Latest media releases
PAWSEY POWERHOUSE SUPERCOMPUTER CRUNCHES PRE-SKA DATA TORRENT
July 23, 2013High-performance computing specialists from ICRAR today became the first users of one of Australia’s leading supercomputing facilities – the Pawsey Centre – ahead of its official opening later this year.
STACKING UP A CLEARER PICTURE OF THE UNIVERSE
June 12, 2013Researchers from ICRAR have proven a new technique that will provide a clearer picture of the Universe’s history and be used with the next generation of radio telescopes such as the Square Kilometre Array (SKA).
ICRAR AWARDED PART OF $19M IN FEDERAL FUNDING FOR THE SKA
May 28, 2013ICRAR is proud to announce that we were successful in receiving $5 million from the Australian Government to fund our work towards Square Kilometre Array design and preparation.
ASTRONOMERS TEAM UP WITH THE PUBLIC TO SOLVE DECADE OLD PUZZLE
May 24, 2013An extremely precise measurement of the distance to a star system has finally allowed astronomers to solve a decade-old puzzle.
SKA ORGANISATION HEADQUARTERS OPENING CEREMONY PAVES THE WAY FORWARD FOR THE WORLD’S LARGEST RADIO TELESCOPE
May 7, 2013Less than a year after the decision to site the revolutionary Square Kilometre Array (SKA) in both Southern Africa and Australia, the SKA Organisation has opened its new international headquarters.
SUPERNOVA REMNANT 1987A CONTINUES TO REVEAL ITS SECRETS
April 2, 2013A team of astronomers led by the International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research (ICRAR) have succeeded in observing the death throws of a giant star in unprecedented detail.
