The DEVILS in the details: new research reveals how the cosmic landscape impacts the galaxy lifecycle
November 26, 2025A team of astronomers from the International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research (ICRAR) has released new data from a large galaxy evolution survey exploring the connection between where a galaxy lives and how its properties change with time.
Vale Dr Erica Smyth AC
November 25, 2025We were saddened to learn of the recent passing of Professor Govind Swarup, a valued colleague and pioneering radio astronomer. Professor Govind Swarup, a torch-bearer for building scientific capacity in independent India, passed away in Pune on 7 September 2020 after a short illness.
A new, expansive view of the Milky Way reveals our Galaxy in unprecedented radio colour
October 29, 2025Astronomers from the International Centre of Radio Astronomy Research (ICRAR) have created the largest low-frequency radio colour image of the Milky Way ever assembled.
Universe “warmed up” before it “lit up”, ICRAR researchers find
September 30, 2025Astronomers hunting for the oldest light in the Universe find that the cosmos was warmer than expected before it “lit up”.
TeraNet Marks a New Era in Space Communications for Australia
September 29, 2025The first operational optical ground station network in the Southern Hemisphere, TeraNet, links Australia to the stars.
Dwarf galaxies linked by massive intergalactic gas bridge
September 24, 2025Astronomers have discovered a colossal bridge of hydrogen gas linking two dwarf galaxies using an Australian radio telescope.
