1 Feb 2018

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...

29 Sep 2017

To enhance Australia's defence capability by building industrial capability in sensor and on-board data processing for drones and small satellites.

26 Sep 2017

Indigenous- focused daylong Astronomy for regional school students in years 7 to 12.

25 Sep 2017

The seven mirror segments will form the heart of the Giant Magellan Telescope, designed to have a resolving power 10 times greater than that of the Hubble...

25 Sep 2017

New agreement with UNSW Canberra on building and testing satellites and space instruments.

23 Jun 2017

A first-light instrument for the GMT is being developed at the Advanced Instrumentation and Technology Centre (AITC).

29 Sep 2016

RSAA runs a number of bachelors and higher degree research programs, including honours, PhD and a new Masters of Astronomy and Astrophysics (Advanced). We will...

14 Jun 2016

Researchers from around Australia have begun testing satellites at the ANU Mount Stromlo space testing facilities ahead of a mass satellite launch from the...

23 Nov 2015

RSAA astronomer Dr Mike Ireland has won the 2016 Frederick White Prize of the Australia Academy of Science. Dr Ireland develops and applies the latest optical...

21 Jul 2015

I see myself in a research position continuing to work on problems in Astronomy that I find exciting and challenging. I also see myself teaching and promoting...

22 May 2015

Over the next few years the AITC will perform the launch certification for a number of Australian satellites.

13 Jan 2014

Finding a planet the size of Jupiter in the Milky Way is the astronomical equivalent to finding a needle in a haystack. But after a tumultuous year that began...