1 Mar 2012

EOS is scouring the heavens for space junk in order to make the expensive business of satellite operations a safer bet. Collaborations with ANU scientists look...

29 Feb 2012

Thanks to Australian Government funding the country is now a partner in the Giant Magellan Telescope (GMT), currently being built high in the mountains of...

29 Feb 2012

The Advanced Instrumentation and Technology Centre (AITC) is a jewel in the crown of Australia’s space science and technological capacity. Sitting on the top...

29 Feb 2012

I am aiming for an academic career in Astrophysics. At the moment, my thoughts are directed towards Chile and their large telescopes, where I'd be keen to...

29 Feb 2012

I have had the opportunity to observe with the largest optical telescope (AAT) and at other facilities in Australia. I've learnt about working with...

29 Feb 2012

We are running simulations to try to better understand the connection between Gamma-ray Bursts and Supernovae. I am also interested in gravitational lensing,...

27 Feb 2012

Astronomical sleuthing is all in a day's work for Christine Nicholls, who is attempting to solve the mystery of Long Secondary Periods in red giant stars.

27 Feb 2012

As part of the University's Mt Stromlo's centenary celebrations in 2011, this lecture provides an opportunity to hear from experts in space travel...

27 Feb 2012

In this public presentation, Dr Hammel will explain what happened on Jupiter during these cosmic collisions.

24 Feb 2012

In the first of this two-part video Dr Helmut Jerjen tells 'Tales of stars and stellar systems'.

24 Feb 2012

In this talk, Professor Elizabeth Winstanley will describe how these mini black holes are created, and what happens to them once they have been produced.

24 Feb 2012

Evidence has been accumulating for several decades that many galaxies harbor central mass concentrations that may be in the form of black holes with masses...