ICRAR is working toward the world's largest radio telescope, the SKA, which will be co-hosted between Australia and Southern Africa.
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TONIGHT: Join us from 6pm at the #Geraldton foreshore for #SidewalkAstronomy! This is a free, family-friendly event - come on down to meet some astronomers and see the Universe through our telescopes.
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Join us next Wedesday evening at the #Geraldton foreshore for #SidewalkAstronomy! This is a free, family-friendly event - come on down to meet some astronomers and see the Universe through our telescopes - we'll see you there!
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Explore just how big our Universe is with ICRAR's Dr Luke Davies at this year's Perth Observatory Summer Lecture.
This is a ticketed event run by Perth Observatory:
perthobservatory.com.au/shop…
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🌌#UWA was excited to learn husband-and-wife team @FiPanther and @DRG_physics will be centre stage in @perthfest performance 12 Last Songs. 🎭 @ForrestResearch @ICRAR
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ICRAR retweeted
28 Jan 2025
🌌 The first trial of an @ICRAR @CSIRO @CurtinUni -developed technology has detected mysterious objects by sifting through signals from space like sand on a beach
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How are we detecting strange space signals?📡
Our engineers developed CRACO to 'sift' space data.
Its processing ability is as powerful as sifting through a whole beach to find one five-cent coin every minute. csiro.au/en/news/All/News/20…
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ICRAR retweeted
28 Jan 2025
#Australia's CRACO #Technology, integrated with the ASKAP radio telescope, has identified #FastRadioBursts and neutron stars, enhancing astronomical research with unprecedented data processing capabilities. @icrar doi.org/g826n2 phys.org/news/2025-01-advanc…
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New tech installed on @CSIRO's ASKAP radio telescope is helping astronomers at our @CurtinMedia node sift the sky for Fast Radio Bursts - some of the most mysterious events in the Universe. icrar.org/craco
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ICRAR retweeted
16 Jan 2025
🌌 Distant neutron stars typically spin a full 360 degrees within seconds. However, a new type of 'radio transient object' has emerged that rotate much more slowly, say
@Sydney_Uni @CSIRO @ICRAR @CurtinUni @Swinburne
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See Natasha Hurley-Walker at Australian Highlights Live: bit.ly/4h0mxrZ
See David Gozzard in 12 Last Songs: bit.ly/3E25vLj
See Gemma Anderson at Future Science Comedy Edition: bit.ly/4gdIzpM
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Enrolments for terms 2 and 4 2025 are now open for our Astronomy microcredential, Astrophysical Concepts. Explore the Universe and get a head start on a UWA degree with this fully online course: icrar.org/astrm402
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We're excited to share that Stargirls Midwest will be returning to Geraldton on February 25 & 26 2025! Stargirls is a two-day STEM camp for girls and gender diverse high school students interested in astronomy, engineering and data science. Apply now: icrar.org/stargirls-midwest/
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Join us in Yagan Square TONIGHT for our final #SidewalkAstronomy of 2024! icrar.org/events/swaxmas2024…
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Join us in Yagan Square tomorrow night for our final #SidewalkAstronomy of 2024! icrar.org/events/swaxmas2024…
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Next Friday: Join us in Yagan Square for our final #SidewalkAstronomy of 2024! We'll be setting up our telescopes under the Digital Tower from 6:30pm on Friday, December 13 - come on down for a look at the summer sky. 🌌
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We're thrilled to announce Tyrone O'Doherty and Andrei Ristea as the winners of the 2024 Ken & Julie Michael Prize.
icrar.org/kjm2024/
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We're excited to co-lead the survey design package that will define what the ESO's new Wide Field Spectroscopic Telescope will observe during its first few years.
icrar.org/wst-proposal/
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