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Australian dish charts where stars are born

Australian dish charts where stars are born

CSIRO radio telescope studies a neighbouring galaxy for clues to the birth of stars.

Australia’s night sky – amazing time-lapse film

Australia’s night sky – amazing time-lapse film

Stunning new movie shows the stars of Australia’s night sky twirling overhead as Earth rotates.

Aussie astronomer wins top prize

Aussie astronomer wins top prize

CSIRO researcher wins Tall Poppy Award for the hunt for gravitational waves

Digital survey to find ‘fossil’ stars

Digital survey to find ‘fossil’ stars

Australian research project will conduct survey of 1 billion stars and galaxies.

Revolutionary new telescope in WA

Revolutionary new telescope in WA

Quest to study the earliest stars and galaxies is underway in Western Australia.

Milky Way galaxy is a ‘snake pit’

Milky Way galaxy is a ‘snake pit’

CSIRO map of gas in our galaxy shows huge turbulence waves that look like snakes.

Aussie shares Nobel Prize for physics

Aussie shares Nobel Prize for physics

Discovery of the accelerating expansion of the universe leads to top physics prize.

New way of looking at the sky

New way of looking at the sky

Australian astronomy centre will take a ‘big picture’ approach to studying the cosmos.

Join the SkyNet Project!

Join the SkyNet Project!

Your PC is bored! Use its spare power to advance Australian radio astronomy research.

‘The Dish’ finds a ‘diamond planet’

‘The Dish’ finds a ‘diamond planet’

Astronomers think they’ve found a planet that was once a star, and is made of diamond.