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.

Beyond physical walls: five tips for a better normal in how we meet

We’ve been researching what our future conferences and interactions might look like. Here are five tips to improve how you meet. 

The Canberra Deep Space Communication Complex (CDSCC)

Mars missions are red hot right now

Three nations are launching ambitious missions to the red planet of Mars! The journey takes perseverance, ingenuity and timing.

Satellite used to detect fast radio bursts.

A brief history: what we know so far about fast radio bursts across the universe

Fast radio bursts are one of the great mysteries of the universe. Since their discovery, we have learned a great […]

Artist's impression of a thin gas cloud formed by tidal disruption from a passing star. Scientists think this is one of the possible ways the cold clump of gas detected in the study could have been formed

Five twinkling galaxies help us uncover the mystery of the Milky Way’s missing matter

Thanks to the discovery of five twinkling galaxies in a rare alignment, astronomers have been able to calculate the properties and geometry of an invisible gas cloud in space.

Silence please! Why radio astronomers need things quiet in the middle of a WA desert

Come and check out the Murchison Radio-astronomy Observatory (MRO)!

Our Square Kilometre Array Pathfinder Telescope (ASKAP)

A thread of the cosmic web: astronomers spot a 50 million light-year galactic filament

Until recently, the Universe's gas filaments have been elusive. But now one was detected with our ASKAP radio telescope.

Bad space weather may make life impossible near Proxima Centauri

We recently detected the signature of fierce space weather from Proxima Cen, which implies an orbiting planet could be blasted with hazardous particles and magnetic fields.

We’ve mapped a million previously undiscovered galaxies beyond the Milky Way. Take the virtual tour here.

Astronomers have mapped about a million previously undiscovered galaxies beyond the Milky Way, in the most detailed survey of the southern sky ever carried out using radio waves.