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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
Duffield was the natural choice for the first Director of the Commonwealth Solar Observatory – he had spent almost twenty years lobbying for its existence.
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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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Born in England in 1906, Woolley’s family moved to South Africa when he was fifteen.
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Matthew Colless was the tenth director of Mount Stromlo.
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Mould pushed for the commercialisation of the Research School’s technical skills.
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Mount Stromlo’s fifth Director, Olin Eggen, was a ‘scientific nomad’ who worked in Observatories in the United States, England, South Africa, Australia and Chile over his illustrious career.
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Bill Rimmer, ex-engineer and WWI captain, led the Commonwealth Solar Observatory during the 1930s, overseeing the Heliostat's construction amidst financial challenges.
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