3.9-metre Anglo-Australian Telescope (AAT) Dr Stefania Barsanti (ANU)  Siding Spring Observatory (SSO) Coonabarabran, New South Wales, Australia 14.September.2023 (Nic Vevers/ANU)

Research stories

Thursday, 19 Apr 2012
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The group have been studying these supernovae for several years and having analysed their data, have come to the surprising conclusion that far from slowing down, the rate of expansion of the universe is actually speeding up.

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Wednesday, 18 Apr 2012
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The Advanced Instrumentation and Technology Centre at Mount Stromlo Observatory is rapidly becoming one of the most advanced astronomical instrument and spacecraft assembly facilities in the country.

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Wednesday, 18 Apr 2012
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EOS created a major stir in the aerospace world during 2000 by demonstrating that they could track space junk using a laser - a feat thought to be very difficult, if not impossible by international aerospace companies at the time.

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Wednesday, 18 Apr 2012
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To keep size and weight down and communications capacity high, the consortium plans to us use Ka-band (26.5-40 GHz ) radio communication and highly directional transmitting and receiving antennae on the spacecraft.

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Tuesday, 17 Apr 2012
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The decision to fund Australian partnership in the Giant Magellan Telescope will guarantee our astronomers a 10% share in what will be by far the largest and most powerful telescope the world has ever seen.

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Tuesday, 17 Apr 2012
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A PhD student at the ANU Research School of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Catherine Farage, is studying massive ellipticals in galaxy clusters, to look for clues that could help to explain the mechanisms behind the formation of large galaxies.

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Tuesday, 17 Apr 2012
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The researchers discovered proof of a vast filament of material that connects our Milky Way galaxy to nearby clusters of galaxies, which are similarly interconnected to the rest of the Universe.

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Tuesday, 17 Apr 2012
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Will just any old water support life? This is a question that forms a central theme in the research of Eriita Jones, who is completing her PhD at the ANU Research School of Astronomy and Astrophysics.

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Tuesday, 17 Apr 2012
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SkyMapper will be the first survey telescope to create a detailed digital map of the southern skies

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