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ANU will play a major role in the Taipan galaxy survey, which will for the first time measure the current expansion rate of the Universe with one per cent precision.
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Astronomers at The Australian National University (ANU) have created the most detailed radio image of nearby dwarf galaxy, the Small Magellanic Cloud, revealing secrets of how it formed and how it is likely to evolve.
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The Summer scholars will spend the next 8 weeks researching Astronomy and Instrumentation here.
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The Duffield family grave sits along a slightly hidden and modest path, down the hill from the Visitors Centre in a semi-private spot.
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Scientists from ANU and around the world have detected for the first time ripples in space and time, known as gravitational waves, from the collision of two very dense stars, called neutron stars, about 130 million light years away.
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- Director of Mount Stromlo
American astrophysicist Penny Sackett became Stromlo’s first female Director in 2002.
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Don Mathewson was Stromlo’s first Australian Director since its founder Walter Geoffrey Duffield. Mathewson began his career in radio astronomy at the CSIRO in 1955, before moving to Manchester to complete his PhD
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- Director of Mount Stromlo
Born in England in 1906, Woolley’s family moved to South Africa when he was fifteen.
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- Director of Mount Stromlo
Matthew Colless was the tenth director of Mount Stromlo.
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