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.

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.