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31 May 2013
A Federal Government grant of almost $500,000 has been awarded to ANU for restoration work to commence on the 1920s Director’s Residence at Mount Stromlo. When...
31 May 2013
Professor Lawrence Krauss, who has been a regular visitor to ANU over the past several years, has officially joined the Research School of Astronomy and...
31 May 2013
Professor Ken Freeman has been awarded the Australian Academy of Science’s highest honour for research in the physical sciences, the Matthew Flinders Medal.
31 May 2013
A Federal Government grant of almost $500,000 has been awarded to The Australian National University for restoration work to commence on the 1920s Director’s...
21 May 2013
Aiming to find out if the turbulence in the large-scale disk was the same as that found in small-scale simulations, they performed demanding computations on ...
1 May 2013
By identifying a second galactic wind in one compact group, the results of Frédéric's research may help astronomers better understand the formation of...
30 Apr 2013
On Tuesday 9 April 2013, Senator Kate Lundy, Minister Assisting for Industry and Innovation, launched Australia’s Satellite Utilisation Policy in the...
10 Jan 2013
A new image released today reveals how Gemini Observatory's most advanced adaptive optics (AO) system will help astronomers study the universe with an...
9 Nov 2012
Scientists at the University of Arizona and in California have completed the most challenging large astronomical mirror ever made. For the past several years...
1 Nov 2012
RSAA Professor Ken Freeman has been awarded the 2012 Prime Minister’s Prize for Science for almost 50 years work shaping and changing the human view of...
8 Aug 2012
The Nobel Prize medal won by Brian Schmidt has gone on display at the national science centre in Canberra. "You know a Nobel Prize is really something symbolic...
31 Jul 2012
The mysteries of the evolution of the universe since the Big Bang are one step closer to being solved, thanks to research from The Australian National...