The AITC News & Events page highlights significant moments and updates related to the Advanced Instrumentation and Technology Centre at ANU.

News

Friday, 03 Nov 2023

The MAVIS team had its first busy week with members of the MAVIS consortium from Australian and European teams since the start of COVID.

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Friday, 22 Sep 2023

What does a job in the space industry look like? The Space Careers Wayfinder program is a collaboration between the CSIRO and the Australian National University (ANU) that aims to inspire and ignite a passion in the next generation to foster the growth of the future space industry workforce.

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Tuesday, 19 Sep 2023

Astrophysical flows, which encompasses a wide range of dynamic phenomena like supernovae, accretion discs, and galactic outflows, are driven by complex interactions of various physical processes.

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Friday, 11 Aug 2023

SpIRIT, the first satellite funded by the Australian Space Agency and developed in collaboration with the Italian Space Agency arrives for environmental testing at Mt Stromlo ANU Campus today.

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Diagram of MAVIS
Tuesday, 13 Jun 2023

In March 2023 the MAVIS Consortium successfully completed the instrument's Preliminary Design Review (PDR). The PDR process saw both praise from ESO and external experts and also offered the MAVIS team many constructive suggestions. The project has now entered the Final Design phase, which will conclude in December.

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Sunday, 30 Apr 2023

There is something particularly enjoyable about working on the inception of a new telescope project.

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Astrophysics Lecture
18 Mar 2025 | 11am

Professor Michele Trenti from the University of Melbourne will be giving the RSAA Colloquium on "The SpIRIT mission: An Australian Space Telescope contributing to multi-messenger astrophysics."

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A large astronomical observatory dome captured at sunset with long streaks in the sky created by airplane contrails.
18 Sep 2024 | 9am

In 1924, the Commonwealth Solar Observatory was established on Mount Stromlo. Today, Mount Stromlo Observatory is the headquarters of the ANU Research School of Astronomy and Astrophysics, and for 100 years, has been a world-renowned community of researchers exploring the heavens.

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