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Find out about the latest astronomy & astrophysics news, announcements and stories at ANU.
24 Jul 2014
The Australian Research Council has announced that the Research School of Astronomy and Astrophysics has won funding for two prestigious Future Fellowships.
10 Feb 2014
A team led by astronomers at The Australian National University has discovered the oldest known star in the Universe, which formed shortly after the Big Bang...
1 Nov 2012
RSAA Professor Ken Freeman has been awarded the 2012 Prime Minister’s Prize for Science for almost 50 years work shaping and changing the human view of...
17 Apr 2012
This is a really exciting opportunity not only to study a red dwarf at close quarters, but to study one around which young planets will most likely be forming.
17 Apr 2012
The researchers discovered proof of a vast filament of material that connects our Milky Way galaxy to nearby clusters of galaxies, which are similarly...
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...
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...
24 Feb 2012
Professor Yau Shing-Tung gives this lecture entitled 'The shape of inner space: String theory & the geometry of the universes' hidden dimensions...
20 Feb 2012
The ANU Channel on YouTube features ANU Professor Brian Schmidt giving a press conference at Parliament House in Canberra, to discuss receiving the Nobel Prize...
3 Feb 2012
Achieving the best possible resolution and contrast in astronomical imaging allows the probing of fine-scale structure in unprecedented detail, providing an...
23 Nov 2011
Whilst observing with the ANU 2.3m telescope at Siding Spring, Dr Jerjen recently made a very surprising discovery.