News about astronomy
  • SKA site wrangle continues

    The Australian government has welcomed the decision of the first general meeting of the SKA Organisation, which is co-ordinating the establishment of the Square Kilometre Array (SKA) radio telescope, to establish a science working group to examine site options for the SKA.

  • CSIRO partners with Korea for 8000km 'virtual' telescope

    A partnership between Korean astronomers and the CSIRO has created a 'virtual' telescope that is 8000km across. The combined telescopes have 100 times the resolving power of the Hubble Space Telescope.

  • ANU awarded research grant for Skymapper telescope

    The Australian National University (ANU) has been awarded a $390,000 research grant for its Southern Sky Survey of stars and galaxies in the southern hemisphere, scheduled to start in the next couple of months.

  • Australian scientist shares Nobel physics prize

    Australian National University (ANU) astronomer Brian Schmidt has been named a joint winner of the 2011 Nobel physics prize for research that discovered the universe is expanding at an accelerating pace.

  • Uproar over E.T. hunter misplaced, SETI@home founder says

    The school superintendent investigating a former employee who ran the SETI@home program on school computers doesn’t understand how the technology works or that the project is well-respected, experts in the technology field say.

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