With help from the Astronomy Supercomputer Time Allocation Committee (ASTAC) Large Program allocation, a group of researchers from Australia and around the world have managed to optimise the search for the yet-undiscovered material known as ‘dark matter’.Read More

With some help from the Astronomy Supercomputer Time Allocation Committee’s (ASTAC) Large Program allocation, two researchers from Monash University have delved deep into the belly of a dying star to investigate how some of the most energetic and magnetic objects are created by an explosive end.Read More

The Australian Gravitational Wave Data Centre (GWDC) has played a vital role in the recently announced detection of 35 new gravitational wave events – a record number over a 5 month period between November 2019 and March 2020.Read More

The Giant Magellan Telescope (GMT) project has been given a positive boost by the recent release of the 2020 United States Decadal Survey on Astronomy and Astrophysics (Astro2020) – Pathways to Discovery in Astronomy and Astrophysics for the 2020s.Read More

After many years of design and analysis, manufacturing and integration, the Australian-European Southern Observatory Positioner (AESOP) finally arrived in Germany, at the Leibniz Institute for Astrophysics Potsdam (AIP).Read More

AAL is currently seeking nominations from members of the astronomy community for positions on its advisory committees and external representative groups.Read More

Astronomy Australia Limited (AAL) seeks applications for three vacancies on the AAL Board. At the conclusion of the AAL Annual General Meeting (AGM) on 25 November 2021, the terms of Dr Sarah Pearce, Dr Rosalind Dubs and Professor Rachel Webster will expire, creating three vacancies on the Board....Read More

AAL is currently seeking nominations to the ESO Users Committee. Applications close Friday 24 September 2021, 7 PM AEST (5 PM AWST). Under the Strategic Partnership between Australia and ESO, Australia is entitled to representation to this Users Committee (UC) and three other bodies: The ESO Council, Finance...Read More

Expressions of Interest (EOIs) are being accepted for the next semester of the Astronomy Data and Computing Services (ADACS) Merit Allocation Program (including guaranteed time for ESO, Optical/IR and Gravitational Wave projects). The deadline for Semester 2022A EOIs is Friday 8th October, 2021 @ 8pm AEST.Read More

AAL is pleased to announce a Call for Proposals for Gemini South Adaptive Optics Imager (GSAOI) observations in Semester 2022A (1 February 2022 - 31 July 2022). The deadline for this call is 5:00pm AEDT, Tuesday 5 October 2021.Read More