24 Feb 2012

Dr Paul Francis sheds some light on some of life's big questions in this new web series - The Greatest Unsolved Mysteries of the Universe. In this second...

20 Feb 2012

The ANU Channel on YouTube features ANU Professor Brian Schmidt giving a press conference at Parliament House in Canberra, to discuss receiving the Nobel Prize...

13 Feb 2012

WiFeS is proving critical to our studies of the motion and composition of structures in galaxies, and this is helping astronomers understand how galaxies form...

3 Feb 2012

Achieving the best possible resolution and contrast in astronomical imaging allows the probing of fine-scale structure in unprecedented detail, providing an...

3 Feb 2012

A team of Australian astronomers is looking for the trigger of a cosmic explosion discovered by Dutch astronomer Tycho Brahe in 1572. It is still unclear why...

22 Jan 2012

The ANU Research School of Astronomy and Astrophysics (RSAA) Winter School was held from the 27 July to the 3 August 2011.

11 Jan 2012

Mt Stromlo is a very exciting place to be a PhD student. The academic staff are leading the world in many areas of research, while telescopes, instruments and...

11 Jan 2012

Finding terrestrial planets (not just planets) is the next big initiative in astronomy and the next big step towards understanding the Earth.

23 Nov 2011

ANU ScienceWise - Winter 2010 The five planets known to ancient people were Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn. Although outwardly star-like in...

23 Nov 2011

Whilst observing with the ANU 2.3m telescope at Siding Spring, Dr Jerjen recently made a very surprising discovery.

22 Nov 2011

We come to a point in science in which we can calculate as much as we can almost to the beginning of the universe but then it gets very abstract

17 Nov 2011

The second program in the ABC/ANU co-production Future Forum, focusing on the big issues ahead for the world and the nation, will screen this Wednesday at 8pm...