Jun 11, 2014
“After careful consideration, I have made the decision to end my term as Director of CAASTRO. I am immensely proud of what CAASTRO has become and of what it has achieved What began in 2008 as a few people sharing ideas around a table has now grown into a dynamic...
May 30, 2014
Ayers Rock Resort announce Astronomer-in-Residence program Ayers Rock Resort, in partnership with CAASTRO, are delighted to announce a new Astronomer-in-Residence program commencing Saturday 7 June through to Friday 7 November 2014. Free to all guests staying at Ayers...
Apr 14, 2014
One of cosmology’s most persistent mysteries is that of the nature of dark matter – the invisible matter that holds galaxies together. The leading theory is that dark matter is made of an as-yet undiscovered fundamental particle, with the strange property that it is...
Apr 3, 2014
Since the time of Edwin Hubble, astronomers have been classifying galaxies into different types based on their appearance, and this approach has taught us much about how galaxies formed and have evolved. However, this approach has significant limitations because we...
Mar 19, 2014
Over the past few years, astronomers have been intrigued by a growing number of detections of very unusual bursts of radio waves of unknown origin. There are now six confirmed observations of these so-called “Fast Radio Bursts” (FRBs). These bursts are...
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