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3 Jun 2016
“I never want to leave Mount Stromlo! It’s really serene and quiet, so you get a lot of work done.
22 Mar 2016
"From my first day on the mountain I was made to feel like I belong. The astronomers (both students and academics) are wonderfully friendly, supportive...
22 Jan 2016
Life on other planets would likely be brief and become extinct very quickly, say astrobiologists from ANU Research School of Earth Sciences. In research aiming...
4 Jan 2016
The Joan Duffield Bequest has ensured her legacy and the connection of the Duffield family and Mt Stromlo Observatory continues long into the future. Joan...
21 Dec 2015
She will be leaving university with her name not only on a bachelor’s degree, but on more than half a dozen published papers.
23 Nov 2015
RSAA astronomer Dr Mike Ireland has won the 2016 Frederick White Prize of the Australia Academy of Science. Dr Ireland develops and applies the latest optical...
18 Nov 2015
The search for life on other planets has moved up a gear with the breaking of ground for construction of the Giant Magellan Telescope (GMT) on a remote...
18 Nov 2015
ACT supports the future of Australia's space industry at Mount Stromlo.
13 Nov 2015
Astronomers have discovered the oldest known stars, dating from before the Milky Way Galaxy formed, when the Universe was just 300 million years old. The stars...
21 Oct 2015
Success in bringing research to the community has won four ANU early-career researchers ACT Tall Poppy awards for their work in climate change, mental health...
24 Aug 2015
In this conversation recorded at the Australian National University on 23 August 2015 Nobel Laureate Professor Brian Schmidt and Dr Neil deGrasse Tyson discuss...
24 Aug 2015
The ANU has set a world record for the most people stargazing at one site. The record was set at the ANU campus as part of the University's contribution to...
