#space

On the hunt for black holes

At CSIRO, we’re part of a mission. But it’s not just any old mission. It’s a quest to hunt down […]

Taking photos of the sun to new fahrenheits

Australian scientists have designed a first-of-a-kind optical filter that will allow astronomers to capture some of the most detailed images […]

Students Served Science on NASA Dishes

Year 7-9 ‘space explorers’ from Melrose High School in the ACT became the first students in Australia to perform ‘real […]

Yutu ‘Jade Rabbit’ Rover on the Moon

The Chinese space program has reached another milestone in its ambitious plans to explore space, with the successful landing of the […]

Nova shines over The Dish

Last week, amatuer astronomers reported the sighting of a ‘nova‘ near ‘The Pointers’ (not far from the Southern Cross). Nova […]

NASA’s WISE with ATCA’s Eyes on Space

Astronomers using NASA’s Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) have spotted what appear to be two supermassive black holes at the heart […]

Yutu on the way to the Moon

Along with maybe a billion other people, we watched in fascination as the China National Space Administration (CNSA) successfully launched […]

MAVEN to Mars via Canberra

In a ‘text book’ launch, NASA’s MAVEN spacecraft roared off its pad at Cape Canaveral and disappeared into a cloud […]

Dish Horticulture – plant it and they will grow

The second of Tidbinbilla’s new antennas is about to start growing While work continues on Deep Space Station 35 (DSS35), the […]

Mars Needs MoMs

India launches its first mission to Mars On November 5, 2013, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) successfully launched its […]

Our Galaxy takes its food in pills

Where does our Galaxy get the fuel to keep forming stars? The answer may lie in thousands of gas clouds […]

Taking the temperature of the Universe

Astronomers using a CSIRO radio telescope have taken the Universe’s temperature, and have found that it has cooled down just […]