ICRAR researcher named in ABC’s Top 5 scientists for 2018
Jun 06/ 2018After a nation-wide search ABC Radio National revealed this year’s winners of the ABC and University of New South Wales “Top 5” program for scientists…
First SKA-low prototype station completed on site
May 25/ 2018A full station of 256 antennas at CSIRO’s Murchison Radio-astronomy Observatory in outback Western Australia. The demonstrator is used to help test and finalise…
Introducing SPIRIT 3
Apr 19/ 2018A generous donation of a telescope, mount, imaging and ancillary equipment from Mr Neil Shaw and his wife Tara has expanded the ICRAR’s…
Outback radio telescope listens in on interstellar visitor
Apr 10/ 2018A 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…
Astrofest 2018 a success
Mar 27/ 2018Two and a half thousand people gathered in a stadium & spilled out onto an oval, united in their love of all things space &…
Astronomers discover galaxies spin like clockwork
Mar 14/ 2018Astronomers have discovered that all galaxies rotate once every billion years, no matter how big they are. The Earth spinning around on its axis once…
