Armed with an ‘astrocam’ and a custom-built machine learning algorithm, the Curtin Institute of Radio Astronomy is detecting faint meteor streaks in the sky.
By Kitty Drok | Feature; Research; Research Featured; Science and technology; Physical sciences and mathematics; Science and Engineering | Leave a comment
Since 2012, the MWA has been helping scientists observe and characterise the southern skies, from the Earth’s atmosphere, to storms on the Sun, to the contents of the Milky Way.
By Karen Green | A decade of impact; Research; Science and technology; Physical sciences and mathematics | Leave a comment
Professor Steven Tingay’s work in helping to establish the Curtin Institute of Radio Astronomy and Murchison Widefield Array has seen him awarded the title of John Curtin Distinguished Professor.
By Curtin University | Research; Science and technology; Science and Engineering | Leave a commentA new data analysis tool will be used by researchers of the ARC Centre of Excellence for All-sky Astrophysics (CAASTRO) at Curtin University to handle large quantities of data coming in from the new low frequency radio telescope, the Murchison Widefield Array (MWA). The MWA will survey the sky more thoroughly and deeply than ever Read More
By Megan Meates | Research; Physical sciences and mathematics
A small pocket of Western Australia’s remote outback is set to become the eye on the sky and could potentially save the world billions of dollars.
By Kate Zappa | Research; Physical sciences and mathematics | Leave a commentTop astronomers and engineers from nine countries will meet in Perth this week to plan for pre-construction of the Square Kilometre Array (SKA) at The Path to SKA-low workshop.
By Andrea Barnard | Campus and community; Research; Physical sciences and mathematicsA quest to discover the first stars and galaxies formed after the Big Bang is underway with the first major pieces of a revolutionary new radio telescope built in remote Western Australia.
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