Astrofest 2015
March 31, 2015Australia’s largest annual astronomy festival is returning in 2015! Astrofest, a vibrant celebration of astronomy and Western Australian science, will be held at Curtin Stadium…

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.

Public Lecture: Rosetta’s journey – Unlocking the origins of life
February 17, 2015After a decade-long journey, ESA’s Rosetta spacecraft has become the first mission to rendezvous with a comet, opening a new chapter in Solar System exploration.

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.
