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Giant Magellan Telescope Industry Roadshow

Opportunities exist for Australian industry to bid for contracts offered by the GMT Organisation (GMTO). To ensure Australian industry is well briefed, the Australian GMT Office is organizing an Industry Roadshow.

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ANU astronomers discover oldest star

A team led by astronomers at The Australian National University has discovered the oldest known star in the Universe, which formed shortly after the Big Bang

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Astronomers go supernova over dying star

The sudden explosion of a star in a neighbouring galaxy could give astronomers new clues about the future of the Universe.

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Time lapse of HAT-South telescope in action

Making light work of planet hunting

Finding a planet the size of Jupiter in the Milky Way is the astronomical equivalent to finding a needle in a haystack. But after a tumultuous year that began with bushfires at the Siding Spring Observatory, collaborators on the HAT-South network have done it – four times!

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Mt Stromlo Observatory: From Bush Observatory to Nobel Prize

Mount Stromlo Observatory history book launched

A book launch event was held for Mt Stromlo Observatory: From Bush Observatory to the Nobel Prize in the Commonwealth Solar Observatory on Dec 2.

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Science, humility and the fallacy of the planet of the apes: Charley Lineweaver at TEDxCanberra

RSAA Researchers at TEDx

RSAA researchers Professor Brian Schmidt (Nobel Laureate) and Dr. Charley Lineweaver talk at TEDx events in Sydney and Canberra.

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Australian Research Council Supports Innovative Research in Astronomy, Astrophysics and Space Technology

The RSAA is pleased to announce that it was the recipient of four ARC grants and a further two ANU projects were funded in space engineering.

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Professor Matthew Colless, Director of RSAA, Minister Imamura, Deputy Head of Mission, Embassy of Japan and Robyn Archer AO, Creative Director of the Centenary of Canberra holding the flag.

Flying the Stromlo flag in space

A flag commemorating the Centenary of Mount Stromlo Observatory and the Centenary of Canberra is now on board the International Space Station.

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Welcome to the website of the ANU Research School of Astronomy and Astrophysics. The school operates a world-class observatory and has a long history of research and technical activity at the forefront of astronomy and astrophysics. The research interests of our astronomers cover the length and breadth of the field, from planetary science to cosmology, instrumentation to theory.

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