Research Research projects Discover the forefront of astronomy and astrophysics through our projects, ranging from deep-space communication systems to groundbreaking adaptive optics. Explore our diverse, ongoing research initiatives shaping the future of space science. Keywords Academic - Any -Associate Professor Christian WolfAssociate Professor Emily WisnioskiAssociate Professor Francis BennetAssociate Professor François RigautAssociate Professor Luca CasagrandeAssociate Professor Tony TravouillonDr Amit SetaDr Andrew BattistiDr Bradley TuckerDr Cameron Van EckDr Craig AndersonDr Doris GrosseDr Hiep NguyenDr Israel VaughnDr Jesse CranneyDr Joice MathewDr Kathryn GrashaDr Marc WhiteDr Melissa NessDr Michael CopelandDr Noelia Martinez ReyDr Roland CrockerDr Sven BuderDr Thomas NordlanderDr Trevor Mendel Elisa JagerMr David BrodrickProfessor Anna MooreProfessor Brian SchmidtProfessor Céline d'OrgevilleProfessor Chris LidmanProfessor Christoph FederrathProfessor Helmut JerjenProfessor Ken FreemanProfessor Mark KrumholzProfessor Matthew CollessProfessor Michael IrelandProfessor Naomi McClure-GriffithsProfessor Paul FrancisProfessor Robert SharpProfessor Stuart Wyithe Yuxiang Qin Advanced search Project type - Any - Not open for students Open for students Status - Any - Potential Current Completed Study level - Any - Bachelor Graduate certificate Honours Master MPhil PhD Research theme - Any - Black hole phenomena Galactic archaeology Instrumentation Stellar and planetary astronomy Structure and evolution of the Cosmos Displaying 1 - 15 of 17 project(s). A Hierarchy of Scales: Unraveling Galaxy Properties Through Young Star Clusters in the Local Universe This project will use observations of star clusters with the Hubble Space Telescope to disentangle the multi scale nature of star formation in local spiral galaxies. Theme Stellar and planetary astronomy Read more Student intake Open for Honours students Observatory Mount Stromlo Observatory People Dr Kathryn Grasha, Supervisor Professor Mark Krumholz, Supervisor Read more A Hierarchy of Scales: Unraveling Galaxy Properties Through Young Star Clusters in the Local Universe This project will use observations of star clusters with the Hubble Space Telescope to disentangle the multi scale nature of star formation in local spiral galaxies. Theme Stellar and planetary astronomy Read more Student intake Open for Honours students Observatory Mount Stromlo Observatory People Dr Kathryn Grasha, Supervisor Professor Mark Krumholz, Supervisor Read more A high-altitude survey for nearby supernova This project has two components: developing the science case for the instrument, defining the mission parameters that are necessary to ensure the science goals are achieved; and, for a student so inclined, physically building the telescope and camera system. Theme InstrumentationStellar and planetary astronomyStructure and evolution of the Cosmos Read more Student intake Open for Bachelor, Honours, PhD students People Dr Bradley Tucker, Supervisor Dr Joice Mathew, Supervisor Read more A high-altitude survey for nearby supernova This project has two components: developing the science case for the instrument, defining the mission parameters that are necessary to ensure the science goals are achieved; and, for a student so inclined, physically building the telescope and camera system. Theme InstrumentationStellar and planetary astronomyStructure and evolution of the Cosmos Read more Student intake Open for Bachelor, Honours, PhD students People Dr Bradley Tucker, Supervisor Dr Joice Mathew, Supervisor Read more Asteroids studies with the Kepler Space Telescope for Future Asteroid Mining Measuring asteroid properties with the Kepler Space Telescope to find Future Asteroid Mining Targets Theme Stellar and planetary astronomy Read more Student intake Open for Bachelor, Honours, PhD students Observatory Mount Stromlo Observatory People Dr Bradley Tucker, Supervisor Read more Computational astrophysics studies in turbulence, magnetic fields, and star/galaxy formation and evolution Study of the statistics of turbulent, magnetised gases, relevant for the structure and evolution of the interstellar medium, the formation and evolution of stars and galaxies, using a combination of supercomputer simulations, theory, analytical calculations, and comparison to observations. Theme Stellar and planetary astronomyStructure and evolution of the Cosmos Read more Student intake Open for Bachelor, Honours, PhD students Observatory Mount Stromlo Observatory People Professor Christoph Federrath, Supervisor Read more Extended Main-sequence Turn-off in Galactic Open Clusters Ultraviolet photometry has revealed that young open clusters in the Milky Way display extended main sequence turn-off in the colour magnitude diagram. Theme Galactic archaeologyStellar and planetary astronomy Read more Student intake Open for Bachelor, Honours students People Associate Professor Luca Casagrande, Supervisor Read more Finding transient objects with HAT-South This honours thesis project was based on data obtained from the HAT-South survey. The HAT-South project is a survey of the southern sky with telescopes in Chile, South Africa and Australia, taking 240 second exposures with a 4.5 minute cadence. Theme Stellar and planetary astronomy Read more Student intake Open for Honours students Read more Following up HAT-South transiting planet candidates We identified four very promising HAT-South candidates based on their photomet- ric and reconnaissance spectroscopic measurements. In addition, of the candidates followed-up by our spectroscopic observations, 26 have been passed on for high resolution radial velocity measurements. These promising candidates will be followed up with 4-8m class telescopes to be confirmed as true transiting planets. Theme Stellar and planetary astronomy Read more Student intake Open for Honours students Read more Just another brick in the halo Accreted stellar populations are comprised of the remnants of destroyed galaxies, and often dominate the 'stellar haloes' of galaxies such as the Milky Way. Theme Galactic archaeologyStellar and planetary astronomy Read more Student intake Open for Bachelor, Honours students People Associate Professor Luca Casagrande, Supervisor Read more Searching for Explosive or Eruptive Variables in the SkyMapper Transient Survey The SkyMapper Transient (SMT) Survey is a currently searching and studying supernovae and other transient sources in southern sky. Theme Stellar and planetary astronomy Read more Student intake Open for Bachelor, Honours students Read more Simulated observations of galactic wind metal loading The goal of this project is to build a software pipeline that can take simulations of galactic winds, such as the one shown in the figure, and make simulated observational images from them that can be compared directly to telescopic data. Theme Stellar and planetary astronomyStructure and evolution of the Cosmos Read more Student intake Open for Honours students People Professor Mark Krumholz, Supervisor Read more The Pyxis Space Interferometer Prototype In this project, you will lead development of a key sub system (optical, mechanical, computational) to enable novel ultra-high resolution, visible light instrument Pyxis: a prototype for an astrophysical space interferometer. Theme InstrumentationStellar and planetary astronomy Read more Student intake Open for Bachelor, Honours, PhD students People Associate Professor Tony Travouillon, Supervisor Professor Michael Ireland, Supervisor Read more The Pyxis Space Interferometer Prototype In this project, you will lead development of a key sub system (optical, mechanical, computational) to enable novel ultra-high resolution, visible light instrument Pyxis: a prototype for an astrophysical space interferometer. Theme InstrumentationStellar and planetary astronomy Read more Student intake Open for Bachelor, Honours, PhD students People Associate Professor Tony Travouillon, Supervisor Professor Michael Ireland, Supervisor Read more The ultraviolet excess of hot stars: there or not? Blue stragglers are main-sequence stars that are more luminous and bluer than stars of the same age, and their existence has long defied standard stellar evolution. Theme Galactic archaeologyStellar and planetary astronomy Read more Student intake Open for Bachelor, Honours students People Associate Professor Luca Casagrande, Supervisor Read more Pagination Current page 1 Page 2 Next page Next › Last page Last »