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 106 - 120 of 155 project(s). Red spirals - how star formation fades in galaxies This project will study red spirals in detail, and aim to understand what levels of star formation persist and for how long. We will use optical and infrared data to measure current rates of star formation and find out what we have been missing due to dust extinction. Theme Structure and evolution of the Cosmos Read more People Associate Professor Christian Wolf, Supervisor Read more Reinforcement learning for phasing giant telescopes The Giant Magellan Telescope (GMT) requires real-time phasing of its primary mirror segments. Each instrument of GMT is required to provide phasing telemetry from guide-star images. Theme Instrumentation Read more Student intake Open for Bachelor, Honours students Centre Advanced Instrumentation and Technology Centre People Dr Jesse Cranney, Supervisor Dr Charles Gretton Read more Revisiting stellar masses in the JWST era This projects aim to understand new methods for estimating the stellar masses of distant galaxies using imaging from the James Webb Space Telescope. Theme Structure and evolution of the Cosmos Read more Student intake Open for Bachelor, Honours students Observatory Mount Stromlo Observatory People Dr Trevor Mendel, Supervisor Read more RSAA Telescope Automation and Remote Observing System (TAROS) TAROS is a remote observing software system that has been designed and implemented at RSAA. The system allows the ANU telescopes at a remote location to be operated automatically, or interactively with authenticated control via the internet. Theme Instrumentation Read more Centre Advanced Instrumentation and Technology Centre Read more Satellite galaxies as probe of structure formation in our cosmic backyard Our team is looking for enthusiastic Honours, Masters and PhD students with a strong background in Maths, Physics, or Computer Science who want to work on some of the most important questions currently discussed in near-field cosmology community. Theme Galactic archaeologyStructure and evolution of the Cosmos Read more Student intake Open for Honours, PhD students People Professor Helmut Jerjen, 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 Shaping the Magellanic Stream with the Magellanic Corona: A Faraday Rotation search This project is intended to search for the magnetic field signature of the Magellanic halo. Theme Structure and evolution of the Cosmos Read more Student intake Open for Bachelor, Honours, PhD students People Professor Naomi McClure-Griffiths, Supervisor 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 Simulated Observations of the Magnetic Fields of the Milky Way This project will simulate observations of the magnetic fields of a Milky Way-like galaxy from a recent, high-resolution simulation. The goal is to identify effective ways to reconstruct the 3D magnetic field geometry of this simulated galaxy using observables projected onto the 2D sky. Theme Galactic archaeologyStructure and evolution of the Cosmos Read more Student intake Open for Bachelor, Honours students People Dr Yik Ki Ma, Supervisor Professor Naomi McClure-Griffiths, Supervisor Read more Simulated Observations of the Magnetic Fields of the Milky Way This project will simulate observations of the magnetic fields of a Milky Way-like galaxy from a recent, high-resolution simulation. The goal is to identify effective ways to reconstruct the 3D magnetic field geometry of this simulated galaxy using observables projected onto the 2D sky. Theme Galactic archaeologyStructure and evolution of the Cosmos Read more Student intake Open for Bachelor, Honours students People Dr Yik Ki Ma, Supervisor Professor Naomi McClure-Griffiths, Supervisor Read more Simulating integral field spectrograph images for MAVIS In order to further the MAVIS design, an image simulator was built in Python, allowing star catalogs to be fed in, which are used to generate realistic MAVIS images. MAVIS now requires an IFU simulator to be developed, providing realistic IFU images from star catalogs. Theme Instrumentation Read more Student intake Open for Bachelor, Honours students Centre Advanced Instrumentation and Technology Centre Observatory Mount Stromlo Observatory People Dr Jesse Cranney, Supervisor Dr Trevor Mendel, Supervisor Read more Simulating integral field spectrograph images for MAVIS In order to further the MAVIS design, an image simulator was built in Python, allowing star catalogs to be fed in, which are used to generate realistic MAVIS images. MAVIS now requires an IFU simulator to be developed, providing realistic IFU images from star catalogs. Theme Instrumentation Read more Student intake Open for Bachelor, Honours students Centre Advanced Instrumentation and Technology Centre Observatory Mount Stromlo Observatory People Dr Jesse Cranney, Supervisor Dr Trevor Mendel, Supervisor Read more Simulating the formation of the first galaxies This project will build on work within the Dark-ages, Reionization And Galaxy-formation Observables Numerical Simulation project (DRAGONS). Theme Structure and evolution of the Cosmos Read more Student intake Open for Bachelor, Honours, PhD students People Professor Stuart Wyithe, Supervisor Read more Site monitoring at Mount Stromlo To optimally build and operate adaptive optics systems, we need to understand the typical atmospheric conditions on the site where the telescope is built. Therefore, the Advanced Instrumentation and Technology Centre (AITC) is conducting a site characterisation campaign at Mount Stromlo. Theme Instrumentation Read more Centre Advanced Instrumentation and Technology Centre Read more SkyMapper camera SkyMapper is a state-of-the-art automated wide-field survey telescope located at Siding Spring Observatory. Its mission is to robotically create the first comprehensive digital survey of the entire southern sky, providing a massively detailed record of over a billion stars and galaxies, to a depth one million times fainter than the human eye can observe. Theme Instrumentation Read more Centre Advanced Instrumentation and Technology Centre Read more Pagination First page « First Previous page ‹ Previous Page 3 Page 4 Page 5 Page 6 Page 7 Current page 8 Page 9 Page 10 Page 11 Next page Next › Last page Last »