Rosella
Friday, 25 Oct 2024
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  • Research story

The Rosella program, developed in partnership with home-grown and international industry groups, will deliver a quasi-commercial detector control solution configurable for use with most of the detectors used in space-based astronomy and remote sensing detectors.

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THE COLOURFUL SPECTRA TAKEN AT SIDING SPRING OBSERVATORY WITH THE ELEMENT BARCODE OF THE POINTER STARS ALPHA CENTAURI
Wednesday, 02 Oct 2024
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Australian-led GALAH project releases the chemical fingerprints for almost 1,000,000 stars on the 50th birthday of the AAT, Australia’s largest optical telescope.

Australian scientists have released data from a massive, stellar mapping survey that has analysed nearly 1 million stars in the Milky Way. The data will form the basis for decades of research into the origins and development of our galaxy, as well as providing a valuable training set for the next generation of huge artificial intelligence-driven astronomical surveys.

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MSSS 2024 Group Photo
Monday, 30 Sep 2024
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In 2001, the first Mount Stromlo Student Seminars were convened. At the time, they were called the Christmas Student Seminars. The event was created as a space for graduate students to unwind and share their research. This tradition has been passed down to the incoming PhD student cohort for the past 23 years. This year was especially significant as it marked the 100th anniversary of Mount Stromlo Observatory; it was also the most well-attended seminar to date.

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Peter Swanton at a stargazing event at Parliament House. Photo: Jamie Kidston/ANU
Monday, 26 Aug 2024
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RSAA PhD scholar Peter Swanton is using Indigenous knowledge of our night skies to unlock the secrets of our universe, and inspiring young people along the way.

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Subaru Telescope in Hawaii
Tuesday, 25 Jun 2024
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The ULTIMATE-Subaru project has been selected by the Group of 8 Australia to feature as the first example of successful Australia-Japan research collaborations.

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Academy announces 2024 Fellows for outstanding contributions to science
Thursday, 23 May 2024
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The Australian Academy of Science announces 2024 Fellows for outstanding contributions to science.

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Professor Naomi McClure-Griffiths
Wednesday, 24 Apr 2024
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Cosmos recently featured our very own Professor Naomi McClure-Griffiths and her work on understanding the atmosphere that is our galaxy and her journey, and beyond, to mapping a new arm of the Milky Way galaxy.

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Wednesday, 03 Apr 2024
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  • Student profile

Congratulations to RSAA PhD student Madeleine Mckenzie who has been awarded a highly competitive NASA Hubble Fellowship.

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Monday, 25 Mar 2024
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RSAA PhD Student Sarah Bradbury has been selected as one of 650 young scientists from throughout the world to experience and contribute to the 73rd Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting in June.

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