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.

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Our female leaders are the business

Two of our innovative female leaders have been nominated in this year's Telstra Business Women’s Awards. Congratulations Dr Sarah Pearce and Zoe Piper!

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Optical filters focus on the Sun

The European Space Agency and NASA’s Solar Orbiter spacecraft launched last week on a 10-year mission. It will capture some of the most detailed images of the sun that have ever been seen before, using our special optical filters.

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A brain transplant for one of Australia’s top telescopes

An upgrade for the Australia Telescope Compact Array will enable major new discoveries about the Universe.

Charlotte Sobey

Communicating science to a fresh audience

One of our postdoctoral researchers gives us the lowdown on why communication is a key skill for scientists, and what it was like taking part in Fresh Science.

A chance encounter with a pulsar

Our scientists accidentally stumbled upon a pulsar (a highly magnetized rotating neutron star). This chance discovery was made thanks to the ASKAP telescope.

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Space savvy? Take our Moon Quiz!

Pop on your spacesuit and slide on your moon-boots. Our Moon Quiz is about to test how out-of-this-world your Moon knowledge really is.

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A walk in the Parkes

There ain't no party like a space party! It’s been 50 years since Australia helped broadcast humankind’s first steps on the Moon around the world. See how our Parkes and Tidbinbilla sites celebrated.

How do you get a job in space without leaving your home planet?

Australia has always contributed to wider space research, and we haven’t left the atmosphere to do so. See how you could work in the space sector.

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By Gully! Mars is not dead

Researchers find movement on Mars! It’s in the gullies. And it can tell us more about gully erosion here on Earth.

Remembering the Starman: Life (and death) on Mars using synthetic biology

Synthetic biology could be used to create ‘living memorials’ for a future Mars colony, 100 years from now.