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
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
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
Italy and Australia to join forces on world’s largest telescope
Representatives of leading Italian and Australian science institutions met in Perth yesterday to formally enter into a partnership to take the next steps toward the world’s largest telescope, the Square… Read More
WA astronomers partner with the defence industry to monitor space
Astronomers at the Curtin University node of the International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research (ICRAR) have teamed up with Adelaide company Silentium Defence to develop a passive radar for the… Read More
Outback radio telescope listens in on interstellar visitor
A telescope in outback Western Australia has been used to listen to a mysterious cigar-shaped object that entered our Solar System late last year. The unusual object—known as ‘Oumuamua—came from… Read More
Astrofest 2018 a success
Two and a half thousand people gathered in a stadium & spilled out onto an oval, united in their love of all things space & astronomy, to attend Astrofest 2018… Read More
First signs of earliest stars seen from the Murchison Radio-astronomy Observatory
Using a small radio telescope at a CSIRO observatory in Western Australia, US astronomers have detected a signal from the first stars to have emerged in the early Universe about… Read More
ASTRO 3D
The ARC Centre of Excellence for All Sky Astrophysics in 3 Dimensions (ASTRO 3D) is a seven-year Centre funded by the Australian Research Council which was established in 2017. ICRAR's… Read More
New Curtin Professor and MWA Director to help drive WA towards the SKA
ICRAR-curtin has attracted one of the world’s leading astronomers from the Square Kilometre Array (SKA) project. Professor Melanie Johnston-Hollitt will commence a Professorship at the Curtin University node of the… Read More
Telescopes team up to study giant galaxy
Astronomers have used two Australian radio telescopes and several optical telescopes to study complex mechanisms that are fuelling jets of material blasting away from a black hole 55 million times… Read More