Aussie telescope almost doubles known number of mysterious ‘fast radio bursts’
October 11, 2018Australian researchers using a CSIRO radio telescope in Western Australia have nearly doubled the known number of ‘fast radio bursts’— powerful flashes of radio waves from deep space.
Telescope maps cosmic rays in Large and Small Magellanic Clouds
September 4, 2018A radio telescope in outback Western Australia has been used to observe radiation from cosmic rays in two neighbouring galaxies, showing areas of star formation and echoes of past supernovae.
WA astronomers partner with the defence industry to monitor space
July 19, 2018Astronomers at the Curtin University node of ICRAR have teamed up with Adelaide company Silentium Defence to develop a passive radar for the surveillance of objects in space.
