Steven Tingay
John Curtin Distinguished Professor Steven Tingay is the Deputy Executive Director of ICRAR and leads the Curtin University node of ICRAR. He is an expert in astronomy and astrophysics, in… Read More
Professor Steven Tingay joint winner in Premier’s Science Awards 2020
We congratulate John Curtin Distinguished Professor Steven Tingay on being named joint Scientist of the Year at the 2020 Western Australian Premier’s Science Awards. Professor Tingay, a world-renowned astronomer from… Read More
I’M A SCIENTIST, GET ME OUT OF HERE…
I'm a scientist, get me out of here... …Is the cry coming from ICRAR Deputy Director Professor Steven Tingay, who's spending time over the next two weeks inspiring the next… Read More
Hiding in plain sight, astronomers find new type of stellar object
An international team led by astronomers from the Curtin University node of the International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research (ICRAR) has discovered a new type of stellar object that challenges… Read More
Programme
Programme ICRARcon 2023 will be held at the Perth Convention Centre on the 20th and 21st of June, see the logistics page for more details. *Guided collaboration activity NOTE:… Read More
ICRAR brings WA focus to SKA construction
On Monday the 5th of December 2022, after decades of planning and co-ordination, the SKA’s Construction Commencement Ceremony (SKA C3) was held in Western Australia’s Murchison and South Africa’s Karoo… Read More
Mysterious object unlike anything astronomers have seen before
A team mapping radio waves in the Universe has discovered something unusual that releases a giant burst of energy three times an hour, and it’s unlike anything astronomers have seen… Read More
Astronomers capture black hole eruption spanning 16 times the full Moon in the sky
Astronomers have produced the most comprehensive image of radio emission from the nearest actively feeding supermassive black hole to Earth. The emission is powered by a central black hole in… Read More
Outback radio telescope discovers dense, spinning, dead star
Astronomers have discovered a pulsar—a dense and rapidly spinning neutron star sending radio waves into the cosmos—using a low-frequency radio telescope in outback Australia. The pulsar was detected with the… Read More
Indigenous Engagement Initiatives
At ICRAR we believe everyone should have the opportunity to be inspired and excited about astronomy and science. But, Western Australia’s size, with communities separated by hundreds, or in some… Read More
Australian telescope finds no signs of alien technology in 10 million star systems
A radio telescope in outback Western Australia has completed the deepest and broadest search at low frequencies for alien technologies, scanning a patch of sky known to include at least… Read More
Preparations complete in Western Australia for construction of world’s largest telescope
Following seven years of design and prototyping work, the Curtin University node of the International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research (ICRAR) has completed its preparations for the construction of the… Read More
WA science and industry leaders put their heads together to search for the first stars and galaxies
Astrophysicists, telescopes, supercomputers, and software engineers have joined forces to search for signals from the early Universe. The team from the International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research (ICRAR), the Pawsey… Read More