AAO and CSIRO scholarships with CAASTRO Partners

The Australian Astronomical Observatory (AAO) and CSIRO Astronomy and Space Science (CASS) are CAASTRO Partner Organisations. Students wishing to undertake postgraduate research with a CAASTRO Chief Investigator at one of the CAASTRO node universities have the...

Skymapper receives grant for Southern Sky Survey

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. The three-year grant, awarded by the Australian Research...

ATUC Science Meeting Time Domain Astronomy

Marsfield Lecture Theatre – 24th October 2011 Please find abstracts of the CAASTRO presentations and links to PDF copies below. Click here for the meeting program. Dr Cathryn Trott: Design and performance of fast transient detectors Detection of fast radio...

PM’s science prize for Wyithe

How did the Universe light up—filling a billion years of cosmic history PRESS RELEASE The Universe was born in a hot Big Bang. But after 300,000 years of expansion it became a cold dark place—no galaxies, no stars, no light. A billion years later nuclear fusion lit up...

CAASTRO LAUNCH QUIZ

Mr Mike Fowler, School Manager, Research School of Astronomy & Astrophysics, Mount Stromlo Observatory was drawn as the winner of two tickets to  “OPERA AT THE DISH – BELLINI TO BROADWAY”  at the CSIRO Parkes Radio Telescope on Saturday 8...