Radio Astronomy key priority area in WA State Government science plan
April 21, 2015The WA Government has released a new ‘Science Statement for Western Australia’ identifying five key priority areas for the State, including radio astronomy.
ASTROFEST 2015
March 31, 2015Australia’s largest annual astronomy festival has come and gone for another year.
THE WORLD’S LARGEST RADIO TELESCOPE TAKES A MAJOR STEP TOWARDS CONSTRUCTION
March 10, 2015At their meeting last week at the SKA Organisation Headquarters near Manchester, UK, the SKA Board of Directors unanimously agreed to move the world’s largest radio telescope forward to its final pre-construction phase.
WORLD’S LARGEST ASTRONOMY LESSON BREAKS WORLD RECORD
March 2, 2015Over 1,000 people joined in at the Shire of Kalamunda’s ‘World’s Largest Astronomy Lesson’ on the weekend, helping to break a Guinness World Record.
LIVE FAST DIE YOUNG GALAXIES LOSE THE GAS THAT KEEPS THEM ALIVE
February 3, 2015Galaxies can die early because the gas they need to make new stars is suddenly ejected, research published today suggests.
ASTRONOMERS DISSECT THE AFTERMATH OF A SUPERNOVA
January 27, 2015In research published today in the Astrophysical Journal, an Australian led team of astronomers has used radio telescopes in Australia and Chile to see inside the remains of a supernova.
