Monday, 31 Aug 2026
It turns out these little red dots might actually be evidence of supermassive black holes.
Friday, 21 Aug 2026
The Milky Way contains a fossil record of galaxies it has absorbed.
Friday, 12 Jun 2026
RSAA Postdoctoral Fellow, Karlie Noon, has been named a 2026 recipient of the Wayfinder Award presented by Kia, an honor extended annually to 15 visionaries whose outstanding achievements in science, conservation, education, technology and storytelling further the Society’s mission to illuminate and protect the wonder of our world.
How black hole mergers are helping scientists calibrate the Universe’s most sensitive instruments
An international team of scientists from the LIGO, Virgo, and KAGRA collaborations, including researchers from the ARC Centre of Excellence for…
Dancing dwarf galaxies predict our Milky Way's future
A collaborative survey involving the Australian National University (ANU), the University of Queensland, and others, has provided a more detailed…
iLAuNCH Trailblazer program and Rosella
The Rosella program, developed in partnership with home-grown and international industry groups, will deliver a quasi-commercial detector control…
18 Sep 2026 | 7 - 9pm
Mt. Stromlo Public Astronomy Night 2026
Mount Stromlo Observatory in conjunction with the Canberra Astronomical Society invite you to attend our public observing nights of 2026. Come and see the craters of the moon, planets, and beautiful star clusters and nebulae. Object visibility will vary depending on the night.
22 Sep 2026 | 11am
RSAA Colloquium: Dr Hayley MacPherson from University of Melbourne
Within general relativity, the standard cosmological model adopts many approximations for gravitational interactions and geometry. These approximations have served us well so far, but as our error bars grow smaller and smaller we need to know at exactly what point they fail.
22 Feb 2027 | 9am - 26 Feb 2027 | 5pm
Supernovae Near and Far, celebrating the achievements of Brian Schmidt and the 40th anniversary of SN1987A
The 23rd of February 2027 marks the 40th anniversary of the arrival of Supernovae 1987A. That same week coincides with the 60th birthday of Brian Schmidt who shared the Nobel Prize for observations which led to the discovery of the accelerating universe.To access the conference's official site please click on the conference website button.