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Record-breaking laser link could help us test whether Einstein was right

January 22, 2021

An optical communications station capable of receiving high-speed data transmissions from space is set to be built in Western Australia. The advanced communications ground station will be able to receive data from spacecraft anywhere between low-Earth orbit and the surface of the Moon. It has the potential to support ground-breaking space projects, including NASA’s Artemis mission to land the first woman and next man on the Moon by 2024.

Record-breaking laser link could help us test whether Einstein was right

Virtual reality documentary to bring mega-telescope project to life

December 9, 2020

Award-winning West Australian production company White Spark Pictures has received funding from Screen Australia, Screenwest and Lotterywest to produce Beyond the Stars, a virtual reality documentary about the world’s largest radio telescope—the Square Kilometre Array (SKA).

Virtual reality documentary to bring mega-telescope project to life

Moon to Earth: WA to host space communications station

October 12, 2020

An optical communications station capable of receiving high-speed data transmissions from space is set to be built in Western Australia. The advanced communications ground station will be able to receive data from spacecraft anywhere between low-Earth orbit and the surface of the Moon. It has the potential to support ground-breaking space projects, including NASA’s Artemis mission to land the first woman and next man on the Moon by 2024.

Moon to Earth: WA to host space communications station

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26/10/2016 See Astronomers’ Hydrogen Map of Milky Way Galaxy with Unprecedented Detail Nature World News online
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19/01/2017 Dark Matter Could Be Destroying Distant Galaxies Smithsonian Magazine online
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11/04/2017 SKA telescope project spurs Kiwi big data breakthrough Reseller News online
27/10/2016 Australian astronomers at ICRAR reveal how the sky would look in radio waves The Sydney Morning Herald online
26/10/2016 Lighting Up the Night Skies The New York Times online
05/05/2017 Friendly invitation to the universe The West Australian print
24/02/2017 The Square Kilometre Array: going to infinity and beyond Australian Financial Review print