ICRAR astrophysicist named ‘Superstar of STEM’
December 11, 2018ICRAR-Curtin University astrophysicist Dr Natasha Hurley-Walker has been named one of Australia’s Superstars of STEM for 2019/2020 by science minister Karen Andrews.
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Vale Professor Riccardo Giacconi
December 11, 2018ICRAR is saddened to hear to the passing of Professor Riccardo Giacconi on 9 December. Prof. Giacconi had a huge influence on modern astronomy and astrophysics through his leadership and contribution to X-ray astronomy, the Hubble Space Telescope, the ESO VLT and the Atacama Large Millimetre Array (ALMA).
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Artificial intelligence bot trained to recognise galaxies
October 31, 2018Researchers have taught an artificial intelligence program used to recognise faces on Facebook to identify galaxies in deep space.
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