Sarah Pearce headshot

Negotiating an international astronomy treaty to help reveal the hidden Universe

What goes into building an international astronomy treaty? Our astrophysicist Dr Sarah Pearce represented Australia in the international negotiations to establish the Square Kilometre Array (SKA) Observatory as an intergovernmental organisation.

A colouring in template for The Disk, completed

Draw The Dish: colouring templates for big and little kids

Celebrate The Dish's addition to Australia’s National Heritage List with our downloadable colouring templates.

Proud heritage: top 10 moments of The Dish

Our Parkes radio telescope, or 'The Dish', is the first functioning scientific instrument to join Australia's National Heritage List.

The photo that won the David Malin Awards. It's a photo of a sunset at a lake. The trees are shadows. The Moon is in the sky.

David Malin Awards: Astrophotography to make you starry eyed

The David Malin Award winners have been announced for 2020. We show you some of the 253 stellar shots that entered this year's astrophotography competition.

Illustration of NASA's Perseverance rover operating on the surface of Mars

Travel to Mars with Perseverance, Ingenuity and Hope

It’s time to travel to Mars again! The journey is not easy. It takes perseverance, ingenuity and a lot of hope.

Four panel members looking into the screen.

Virtual stars: Indigenous Astronomy Panel celebrates Alana Dooley

A special virtual Indigenous Astronomy Panel recently took place, inspired by Indigenous STEM Award winner Alana Doohley.

A supercomputer

How Australia’s supercomputers crunched the numbers to guide our bushfire and pandemic response

Supercomputers in Canberra and Perth power the analysis and modelling that decision-makers rely on in national crises.

Round blue object surrounded by orange, fire-like background.

ASKAP searches for afterglow of gravitational wave

The latest analysis of gravitational waves from an event detected by LIGO may change our understanding of neutron stars and black holes. Our ASKAP radio telescope has a key role to play in unravelling the mystery.

Our ASKAP radio telescope in Western Australia detected the precise location of four fast radio bursts. Image: Sam Moorfield

Closing in on the cosmic mystery of fast radio bursts

Our astronomer Dr Shivani Bhandari is making breakthroughs in her study of mysterious signals from outer space: fast radio bursts.

The night sky above ASKAP in Western Australia

Half the matter in the universe was missing – we found it hiding in the cosmos

Cosmologists had only been able to find half the matter that should exist in the universe. With the help of our telescope, researchers just found the rest.

Despite recent challenges, the team are confident they will finish the upgrade on time.

Space team ready: upgrading antenna for future travel

We're upgrading the 70-metre antenna Deep Space Station 43 at the Canberra Deep Space Communication Complex. The antenna will support upcoming robotic and human missions to the Moon and Mars.

Spotify playlist: Music you can space out to

Join us in listening to our new Spotify playlist, “Music you can space out to.” The best choice if your head's in the exosphere and you feel atmospheric.