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AUSTRALIA – NEW ZEALAND SQUARE KILOMETRE ARRAY SITE IS ALREADY PRODUCING WORLD-CLASS ASTROPHYSICS

April 17, 2012

CSIRO’s Murchison Radioastronomy Observatory (MRO), located in remote Western Australia, is the site proposed by Australia and New Zealand to host the high-density core of the multi-billion dollar Square Kilometre Array (SKA).

FREMANTLE FIRM TO HELP EXPLORE FINAL FRONTIER

March 15, 2012

Poseidon Scientific Instruments had been awarded a $1.3million contract to help deliver a key radio astronomy project which will gain international recognition.

GEARING UP FOR DATA DELUGE FROM WORLD’S BIGGEST RADIO TELESCOPE

March 6, 2012

The amount of computer data generated by the entire world in a whole year will need to be stored in a single day for the world’s most powerful telescope − the SKA.

SCOPING THE COST OF THE WORLD’S BIGGEST NEW SUPERCOMPUTER

February 22, 2012

The world’s most powerful telescope – the new SKA – is likely to need the world’s biggest computer to handle the incredible amount of data it will produce.

SCIENTISTS PINPOINT TIMING OF POWERFUL BLACK HOLE ACTIVITY

January 11, 2012

ICRAR's Dr Miller-Jones is a step closer to understanding how black holes can launch superfast ‘bullets’ of gas into space.

SCIENCE HALL OF FAME ADDS A NEW STAR

December 9, 2011

Dr Bernard Bowen, Chair of the International Centre of Radio Astronomy Research was inducted at a WA Science Awards gala dinner at the Perth Convention and Exhibition Centre last night.