2 Feb 2015

One of the most iconic ruins of the 2003 Canberra bushfires, the Mount Stromlo Observatory Director’s Residence, has re-opened to the public following a major...

14 Jan 2015

Six undergraduate students from across Australia have come to ANU to see what it is like to work in the growing space technology industry. The students are...

12 Nov 2014

RSAA astrophysicist and Nobel laureate Professor Brian Schmidt and his team of astronomers have won one of the most valuable prizes in science. The team has...

5 Nov 2014

The University community is mourning the death of Joan Duffield, a treasured member of the Mount Stromlo community and a long-time supporter of science and...

13 Oct 2014

The Violent Universe course explores the deadliest places in the universe, from black holes to supernovae.

28 Aug 2014

Astronaut Chris Hadfield has inspected projects to clean up space junk, and space engineering projects, at the University’s advanced Instrumentation and...

31 Jul 2014

Aerial, interior & time-lapse photography of Siding Spring Observatory and the surrounding region.

25 Jul 2014

More than a decade after it was ravaged by the Canberra Bushfires, Mount Stromlo Observatory has launched a new heritage trail. The Mount Stromlo heritage...

24 Jul 2014

The Australian Research Council has announced that the Research School of Astronomy and Astrophysics has won funding for two prestigious Future Fellowships.

16 Jul 2014

Australian space scientists will no longer need to go offshore to build satellites, following the completion of the Advanced Instrumentation and Technology...

7 Jul 2014

RSAA is celebrating the achievements of Dr Naomi Mathers, the Australian GMT Project Office Industry Liaison Engineer.  On Wednesday 2 July in Sydney, Naomi...

12 Jun 2014

RSAA astronomer Professor Ken Freeman has won the 2014 Gruber Cosmology Prize. Professor Freeman shares the prize with Jaan Einasto, R. Brent Tully, and Sidney...