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EME SEMINAR
The International Year of Astronomy, 2009, is a worldwide, public celebration of astronomy, held to mark the 400th anniversary of Galileo turning a telescope to the sky. The Year has been endorsed by UNESCO.
Climate change raises a number of challenges to human wellbeing, among these is the threat to our health. In combination with climate change, large-scale global environmental changes such as loss of biodiversity, changes in fresh water supplies and stresses on food production systems, have the potential to cause systemic adverse alterations in patterns of health and disease.
Australia’s favourite scientist answers more curly questions on life, the universe and everything. No one conveys the excitement and wonder of science quite like Dr Karl Kruszelnicki.
Recent observations of exploding stars discovered halfway across the universe reveal an astonishing fact: the expansion of the Universe is speeding up.
Get training and funding to make a video and then 
ANU Science, Medicine and Health Academics and representatives visited Singapore twice this year. We wish to thank those ANU Alumni who came to meet us and discuss topics of interest.
Dr Charley Lineweaver of the Research School of Astronomy & Astrophysics and of the Research School of Earth Sciences at ANU is giving a public lecture.
Sat 15 - Sun 23 August
Discover options for studying Honours, and hear from panel members currently completing their Honours year.
Evidence has been accumulating for several decades that many galaxies harbor central mass concentrations that may be in the form of black holes with masses between a few million to a few billion time the mass of the Sun.
Researchers from all the academic colleges at ANU will take part in the ANU Climate Change Institute Open Day.
Domestic students, who are in the final two years of an undergraduate program, or doing Honours in a relevant discipline, are invited to participate in this three-day Master Class, which will include interactive seminars and sessions showcasing important research work in the fields of Physics, Astronomy and Astrophysics at the ANU.
Timothy C. Beers, University Distinguished Professor of Astronomy, Michigan State University, will be giving a talk about the Origin of the Elements of Life. 
ANU Presents an evening of Science theatre to celebrate the International Year of Astronomy.
Australia’s newest telescope, SkyMapper, is the first ever to conduct a full digital survey of the southern skies. The telescope will be launched with concurrent ceremonies at Mount Stromlo Observatory in Canberra and its physical location at Siding Spring Observatory near Coonabarabran, NSW. 
The Australian Academy of Science will be holding a symposium on Friday 8 May called ‘Evolution of the Universe, the planets, life and thought’ as part of the Academy’s peak annual event.
Are you a scientist, school kid, journalist, science teacher, young film maker, innovator, researcher, leader, educator, communicator, environmentalist or photographer? If so, you can enter the 2009 Australian Museum Eureka Prizes.
The Spanish Embassy in Canberra and Mt Stromlo Observatory have organized a public talk followed by an amateur observation about "Stars and Galaxies". Spanish astronomer, Dr. Angel R. Lopez-Sanchez (CSIRO /ATNF), will give a multi-coloured vision of how stars are born and die in the galaxies of the Local Universe. 
On Saturday 28 March from 8:30 to 9:30pm people around the world will participate in Earth Hour by switching off the lights to raise awareness of the link between energy consumption and climate change. 
A lecture brought to you by the Black Hole Society and Australian Institute of Physics.
Orientation aims to provide you with essential information that will facilitate your academic success, help you avoid common pitfalls and make the most of your university experience.
Pre-Enrolment Advice Day 2009
On Thu 27 Nov, ABC Radio National’s Australia Talks program tackles Dark Energy – how does it relate to the big bang – what is current research telling us – is it matter, is it vacuum, is it a constant – and whatever happened to the theory of everything?