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.
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).
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.
