Cows spread out throughout a wooded scrub area.

Meet Dr Hoskins: marine biologist come vertebrate ecologist

Meet Dr Andrew Hoskins and see how his research is helping Indigenous communities manage feral cattle on country. 

Test tubes and bottles show green microalgae helping create space food in a rack with liquids.

What’s for dinner on Mars? The science behind space food

Our researchers are working to develop new foods and food production systems for extended space travel.

An illustration of a star shooting out hot gases into space.

Next phase for ASKAP stargazing begins

Like any new technology, we’re still learning what the ASKAP telescope does best – and how we can wield it to uncover the secrets of the Universe.

‘Dancing ghosts’: a new, deeper scan of the sky throws up surprises for astronomers

We saw two ghosts dancing deep in the cosmos. We had never seen anything like it before, and we had no idea what they were.

A astrophotograph of stars in the nights sky with an ocean in the foreground at night time.

David Malin Awards: Astrophotography is looking up!

Winners of the David Malin Awards, Australia’s most prestigious astrophotography awards, have been announced for 2021.

A new image shows jets of plasma shooting out of a supermassive black hole

The Event Horizon Telescope team has created a new image showing jets of plasma being ejected from the core of a supermassive black hole at the centre of the galaxy Centaurus A.

Meet our researcher and satellite operator: Dr Amy Parker

Meet Dr Amy Parker and see how she's helping make satellite data more accessible to Australian researchers.

A NovaSAR-1 satellite

Indigenous-owned ground station supports our NovaSAR-1 satellite research facility

We're working with Australia’s first and only Aboriginal owned-and-operated ground station provider to bring NovaSAR-1 data down to Earth.

supermoon and total lunar eclipse from May 2021

A special supermoon Q&A with Dr Vanessa Moss

We had a lot of questions about May's total lunar eclipse and supermoon. Thankfully, Dr Vanessa Moss was able to help.

Total lunar eclipse (red moon) in black sky

Shoot for the Moon: understanding and photographing the total lunar eclipse

What is a total lunar eclipse and how can you capture it on your smartphone?

Vanessa Moss in front of ASKAP

Meet our researcher: Dr Vanessa Moss

Dr Vanessa Moss is a Senior Experimental Researcher with us. We go through some ways she uncovers our Universe and makes it easier to do so.

Quasar Satellite Technologies: From bench to boardroom with blue sky innovation

From astrophysicist to medical physicist to space entrepreneur, Dr Ilana Feain combines her passions for science, technology and innovation every day.