Vale Professor Riccardo Giacconi
December 11, 2018ICRAR is saddened to hear to the passing of Professor Riccardo Giacconi on 9 December. Prof. Giacconi had a huge influence on modern astronomy and astrophysics through his leadership and contribution to X-ray astronomy, the Hubble Space Telescope, the ESO VLT and the Atacama Large Millimetre Array (ALMA).
Artificial intelligence bot trained to recognise galaxies
October 31, 2018Researchers have taught an artificial intelligence program used to recognise faces on Facebook to identify galaxies in deep space.
Synchronised telescope dance puts limits on mysterious flashes in the sky
October 29, 2018Two outback radio telescopes synchronised to observe the same point of sky have discovered more about one of the Universe’s most mysterious events in new research published today.
