Monday, 14 Nov 2022
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Professor Celine D’Orgeville has recently been appointed Director of RSAA’s Advanced Instrumentation Technology Centre (AITC).

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Tuesday, 06 Sep 2022
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The largest women-only recruitment drive in the history of Australian Astronomy and Space is underway at The Australian National University (ANU).

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AITC All-Staff Meeting Group Photo Large
Wednesday, 17 Aug 2022
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Are you a woman or a gender-diverse researcher/scientist/engineer/project manager? Whether early or mid-career, junior or senior, aspiring or experienced, are you keen to embrace and thrive working in astronomy and space science and technology alongside equally passionate and like-minded individuals?

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AITC award celebration held at Mount Stromlo during the week of the announcement. Some members of the AITC team are missing (many were still working from home at the time).
Tuesday, 14 Jun 2022
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The AITC Team at the Australian National University (ANU) Advanced Instrumentation and Technology Centre (AITC) has won the 2021 ANU Vice-Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Research.

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Wednesday, 02 Jun 2021
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Australian scientists will help construct one of the world’s most powerful telescopes that will push the cosmic frontier of what is visible.

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Clouds Jupiter
Friday, 11 Dec 2020
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Stargazers are in for a summer treat with three out-of-this-world events over the next week, ranging from shooting stars to a great planetary "romance" in the night-sky.

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Satellite selfie
Monday, 16 Nov 2020
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Australia's largest ever selfie has captured some incredible images from the ACT and the Northern Territory.

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Nasa galaxy
Wednesday, 11 Nov 2020
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An international team of astronomers has challenged a popular theory that mysterious dark matter dominates gravity in the inner parts of spiral galaxies such as our Milky Way.

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Black hole
Tuesday, 13 Oct 2020
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Astronomers have spotted a rare phenomenon - a star being ripped apart by a supermassive black hole in a process called "spaghettification".

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