Curtin announces 2021 Research and Engagement Award winners
Curtin University has announced the winners of the 2021 Research and Engagement Awards.
By Yasmine PhillipsResearch areas - Space
New Curtin study pinpoints likely home of Martian meteorites
Curtin University researchers have pinpointed the likely origin of a group of meteorites ejected from Mars, using a machine learning algorithm that analyses high-resolution planetary images.
By Yasmine PhillipsBinar-1 to ground control! WA’s first homegrown spacecraft makes contact
Western Australia’s homegrown spacecraft, Binar-1, has made first contact with ground control at Curtin University, after it was launched into low orbit from the ISS two weeks ago.
By Vanessa Beasley | Research FeaturedCurtin researchers help date the youngest rocks ever found on the Moon
Curtin researchers have helped to determine the age of the youngest rocks ever found on the Moon, as part of a global space mission that is working to refine the chronology of the Solar System.
By Yasmine PhillipsSpace hunt begins as WA’s Binar-1 mission takes next giant leap
Western Australia’s homegrown spacecraft, Binar-1, is flying – shot into Low Earth Orbit from the International Space Station.
By Vanessa Beasley | Research; Research Featured; Science and technologyCurtin research shines a light on Moon’s oldest geologic imprints
The Moon may have been subjected to much greater impacts from asteroids and other bodies than previously thought, building on our understanding of the Moon’s earliest geologic evolution.
By 286333f | Research FeaturedTalented Curtin trio win WA Young Tall Poppy Science Awards
Three Curtin University researchers have been recognised in the Western Australian Young Tall Poppy Science Awards.
By Lucien Wilkinson | Achievements in STEMM; Business; General; Health and medicine; Research; Science and technologyCurtin’s Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence going where no radio astronomy has gone before
How would you feel if, after many decades of searching, we finally found signs of extraterrestrial intelligence? We ask Professor Steven Tingay and Dr Chenoa Tremblay.
By Claire Bradshaw | Research; Science and technology; Physical sciences and mathematics; Science and Engineering | Leave a commentWA boldly goes where no West Aussie spacecraft has gone before
We have lift off – with the launch of Western Australia’s first homegrown spacecraft from the Kennedy
Space Centre in Cape Canaveral, Florida, today.
WA’s first homegrown spacecraft ready for take-off
The countdown has begun to the historic launch of Binar-1 – Western Australia’s first homegrown, highly integrated spacecraft that is set to revolutionise Australia’s access to space.
By Vanessa Beasley | Research Featured; Science and Engineering