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Find out about the latest astronomy & astrophysics news, announcements and stories at ANU.
18 Apr 2012
To keep size and weight down and communications capacity high, the consortium plans to us use Ka-band (26.5-40 GHz ) radio communication and highly directional...
17 Apr 2012
ANU researchers Dr Raquel Salmeron from the Research School of Astronomy and Astrophysics, and Dr Trevor Ireland from the Research School of Earth Sciences,...
17 Apr 2012
The decision to fund Australian partnership in the Giant Magellan Telescope will guarantee our astronomers a 10% share in what will be by far the largest and...
17 Apr 2012
Will just any old water support life? This is a question that forms a central theme in the research of Eriita Jones, who is completing her PhD at the ANU...
17 Apr 2012
In the case of protecting the Earth from a massive impact, a large part of that precaution is the Catalina Sky Survey.
17 Apr 2012
A PhD student at the ANU Research School of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Catherine Farage, is studying massive ellipticals in galaxy clusters, to look for clues...
17 Apr 2012
SkyMapper will be the first survey telescope to create a detailed digital map of the southern skies
17 Apr 2012
This is a really exciting opportunity not only to study a red dwarf at close quarters, but to study one around which young planets will most likely be forming.
17 Apr 2012
The researchers discovered proof of a vast filament of material that connects our Milky Way galaxy to nearby clusters of galaxies, which are similarly...
29 Mar 2012
Astronomers have begun to blast 3 million cubic feet of rock from a mountaintop in the Chilean Andes to make room for what will be the world’s largest optical...
2 Mar 2012
The education and research environment offered makes it easy to become a good scientist who can conduct independent research, communicate the science and share...
1 Mar 2012
The next generation Giant Magellan Telescope (GMT) will be recording spectacular images of the cosmos but straight imaging of the universe will only be a small...