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THE MILKY WAY NOW HAS A TWIN (OR TWO)

September 17, 2012

Research presented today at the IAU General Assembly in Beijing has found the first group of galaxies that is just like ours, a rare sight in the local Universe.

ASTRONOMICAL SUPERCOMPUTERS OF THE FUTURE COULD HAVE INTEL INSIDE

September 17, 2012

Last month researchers from Perth’s ICRAR joined global computing giant Intel in Germany at the launch of the new “many-core” processor called Xeon Phi.

WIGGLEZ CONFIRMS THE BIG PICTURE OF THE UNIVERSE

September 17, 2012

New data from a recently completed galaxy survey was published last night by a PhD student from ICRAR.

DINKUM SCIENCE ON DUNNY DOORS

August 1, 2012

Did you know that Uranus contains fart gases? Facts and more will be on display on the back of toilet doors across Perth leading up to National Science Week in August.

AUSTRALIA TO SHARE IN WORLD’S LARGEST TELESCOPE

May 25, 2012

Researchers at ICRAR are celebrating today after hearing that Australia will share in hosting the world’s largest telescope – the Square Kilometre Array (SKA).

THESKYNET SET TO CONQUER MORE OF OUR UNIVERSE

May 4, 2012

theSkyNet has joined forces with the Pan-STARRS1 Science Consortium (PS1SC) to probe other galaxies beyond our own Milky Way.