Mar 6, 2012
We can see galaxies in the distant Universe because they either emit light – that is, very bright and hot galaxies – or because they absorb light from even more distant objects. These “absorbing galaxies” can tell us about the presence of cool hydrogen gas (i.e. a few...
Mar 1, 2012
Tafelmusik’ will perform exquisite period music from memory before stunning images from the Hubble deep space telescope. Combining music, photography and story-telling, The Galileo Project brings to life the brilliant minds of the early astronomers and the music...
Jan 23, 2012
Professor Schmidt’s scientific achievements and his dreams to empower a new generation of Australian scientists make him an inspiring role model, which is why The Weekend Australian today names him as its Australian of the Year. Whereas some of the...
Jan 3, 2012
The following projects will make use of 2 mio. core hours of CAASTRO supercomputing time through NCI in the first term of 2012: Dr James Allison (Univ. Sydney): A search for HI absorption in HIPASS data (2k hours) Dr Stuart Sim (ANU): Type I Supernovae –...
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