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Spinning black hole sprays light-speed plasma clouds into space

April 29, 2019

Australian researchers using a CSIRO radio telescope in Western Australia have nearly doubled the known number of ‘fast radio bursts’— powerful flashes of radio waves from deep space.

Volunteers wanted to help unlock the secrets of our Universe

March 22, 2019

Scientists are appealing for public help on one of the biggest astronomy projects of the next ten years. In a new citizen science project launched today—known as AstroQuest—researchers are looking for volunteers to study images of galaxies and figure out which light is coming from which galaxy.

WA science legend leaves behind a remarkable legacy

March 19, 2019

Passionate marine science and radio astronomy leader Dr Bernard Bowen passed away peacefully early this morning.

Australia’s commitment to world’s largest telescope

March 13, 2019

Australia has joined six other nations in signing an international treaty committing to the construction of the world’s largest science facility – the Square Kilometre Array (SKA).

New Norcia Dish sends Perth kids’ messages to the cosmos

November 27, 2018

Dalkeith Primary School students have transmitted a ‘golden record’ into space, filled with illustrations, photos and messages for the Universe. The Year 5 and 6 students’ transmission was sent this morning from the European Space Agency’s deep space antenna at New Norcia.

Artificial intelligence bot trained to recognise galaxies

October 31, 2018

Researchers have taught an artificial intelligence program used to recognise faces on Facebook to identify galaxies in deep space.