Sharing Wajarri sky and stars across the globe

Our radio observatory in Western Australia has been gifted a traditional name. This all part of our pledge to support the world’s oldest living culture.

Science explainer: Artemis I mission

NASA’s Artemis I is the first of three increasingly complex missions in the Artemis program. It aims to return humans, including the first woman, to the Moon in the middle of this decade.

What goes into building a telescope? Meet Dr Douglas Bock

Dr Douglas Bock is the Director of our space and astronomy team, overseeing the engineering and research that enables us to peer through the cosmos.

Supporting the next science rock stars

Students from the Pia Wadjarri Remote Community School visited Perth for some science fun!

Lonsdaleite diamonds found in space

A team of researchers have discovered rare hexagonal-structured diamonds formed in space from a destroyed dwarf planet.

A new Australian supercomputer has already delivered a stunning supernova remnant pic

Radio telescopes produce enormous amounts of data, and we need immense computing power to produce even a single image like this one.

Meet Richard Stephenson: Tracking the James Webb Space Telescope

Meet master controller Richard Stephenson, supporting the James Webb Space Telescope’s exploration of the Universe.

New antenna to support space exploration

A new antenna and new space missions — there’s excitement brewing at the New Norcia ground station.

Pawsey takes a quantum computing leap

Pawsey Supercomputing Research Centre is working with an innovative start-up to test the first room-temperature quantum computer in a national supercomputing facility.

We’ve used a new technique to discover the brightest radio pulsar outside our own galaxy

The pulsar PSR J0523-7125 is more than ten times brighter than any other radio pulsar outside the Milky Way.

‘Odd radio circles’ that baffled astronomers are likely explosions from distant galaxies

Next-generation radio telescopes unravel the mysteries of ghostly circles in the sky.

Vacation students reach for the stars

Would you spend your summer working on real-world astronomy and astrophysics problems? We spoke with four students who did just that.