2 Feb 2018

A new international study involving ANU has found a plane of dwarf galaxies orbiting around Centaurus A in a discovery that challenges a popular theory about...

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...

21 Nov 2017

The Summer scholars will spend the next 8 weeks researching Astronomy and Instrumentation here.

30 Oct 2017

The Duffield family grave sits along a slightly hidden and modest path, down the hill from the Visitors Centre in a semi-private spot.

4 Oct 2017

Mount Stromlo was one of three government-run facilities that the gunsights.

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.

26 Jun 2017

ANU has officially opened the Siding Spring Observatory lodge that was rebuilt after the 2013 bushfires.

23 Jun 2017

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

12 Jun 2017

Distinguished academics from ANU, including a champion of Indigenous history and leaders in astronomy, philosophy and medicine, have been honoured for their...