
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.
Displaying 61 - 75 of 171 project(s).
To investigate the role of mergers with smaller galaxies in shaping our Milky Way by using the data from stellar surveys and cosmological simulations of the NIHAO suite to identify stellar remnants of galaxies that merged with the Milky Way and explain their role in building the main components of the Milky Way.
Theme
- Galactic archaeology
- Structure and evolution of the Cosmos
Even from our telescopes on the tops of high mountains, the Earth’s atmosphere blurs observations reducing their clarity.
Theme
- Instrumentation
People
- Professor Robert Sharp, Researcher
This project will deliver a benchmark sample of stellar abundances for galactic archaeology for hundreds of thousands of stars.
Student intake
Open for PhD students
Observatory
People
- Dr Claudia Reyes, Supervisor
- Professor Melissa Ness, Supervisor
This project will deliver a benchmark sample of stellar abundances for galactic archaeology for hundreds of thousands of stars.
Student intake
Open for PhD students
Observatory
People
- Dr Claudia Reyes, Supervisor
- Professor Melissa Ness, Supervisor
The goal of the project would be to analyse the spectra and determine the underlying reason for the different spectra of the two orbit families.
Theme
- Galactic archaeology
This research project employs the WiFeS spectrograph on the ANU 2.3m telescope at Siding Spring to measure nebular chemical abundances in isolated gas-rich dwarf galaxies in the Local Volume.
Theme
- Structure and evolution of the Cosmos
This research project employs the WiFeS spectrograph on the ANU 2.3m telescope at Siding Spring to measure nebular chemical abundances in isolated gas-rich dwarf galaxies in the Local Volume.
Theme
- Structure and evolution of the Cosmos
The Gemini South Adaptive Optics Imager - known as GSAOI - is a $6.3 million, wide-field, infrared camera that was designed and manufactured by RSAA engineers and technicians for the Gemini South telescope in Chile.
Theme
- Instrumentation
GMTIFS is a near-infrared imager and integral-field spectrograph.
Theme
- Instrumentation
We are building a powerful new instrument to work with the Giant Magellan Telescope to record images and spectra ten times sharper than possible with the Hubble Space Telescope.
Theme
- Instrumentation
People
- Professor Robert Sharp, Researcher
The Australian company ViPAC Engineers & Scientists Pty. Ltd. is leading a project to develop a space-based monitoring system to improve the measurement of greenhouse gases, funded by under the government's Australian Space Research Program (ASRP).
Theme
- Instrumentation
The ANU Research School of Astronomy and Astrophysics (RSAA) is collaborating with the National Astronomical Observatory Japan to develop a next-generation Ground Layer Adaptive Optics (GLAO) system for installation on the 8-meter optical-infrared Subaru telescope at the summit of Maunakea, Hawaii.
Theme
- Instrumentation
The ANU Research School of Astronomy and Astrophysics (RSAA) is collaborating with the National Astronomical Observatory Japan to develop a next-generation Ground Layer Adaptive Optics (GLAO) system for installation on the 8-meter optical-infrared Subaru telescope at the summit of Maunakea, Hawaii.
Theme
- Instrumentation
This technical project aims to develop a new approach for fitting absorption and emission spectra simultaneously, employing Gradient Descent and Bayesian methods.
Theme
- Structure and evolution of the Cosmos
Are you ready to blend academic and commercial experience? Can you dive into details and also see the bigger picture? Are you interested in seeing how your knowledge can be applied to real-world outcomes? If so, we’d love to hear from you.
Theme
- Instrumentation
Student intake
Open for Honours, Master, PhD students
People
- Associate Professor Francis Bennet, Supervisor