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Find out about the latest astronomy & astrophysics news, announcements and stories at ANU.
8 Mar 2024
Congratulations to our very own Katie Grasha who has been profiled by the Australian Research Council for International Womens Day as one of our top early...
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...
28 Nov 2017
Astronomers at The Australian National University (ANU) have created the most detailed radio image of nearby dwarf galaxy, the Small Magellanic Cloud,...
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...
17 Nov 2016
An international team of astronomers has discovered a previously unknown major concentration of galaxies in the constellation Vela, which they have dubbed the...
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...
8 Sep 2016
New 3-D technology to explore the Universe, after winning a $30 million Centre of Excellence from the Australian Research Council (ARC).
21 Jul 2015
RSAA attracts leading astronomers in many fields from all over the world, so there are so many people with great expertise to learn from, including visiting...
21 Jul 2015
Mt Stromlo is a fantastic community of people, all willing to talk about their own research and help you out if you need it. The Professors are world class and...
21 Jul 2015
The PhD is a great opportunity, you learn problem solving, presenting and how to form collaborations among many other skills.
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...
23 Jun 2015
Astronomers have solved a mystery over small, unusually hot blue stars, 10 times hotter than our Sun, that are found in the middle of dense star clusters.