Australian researchers have played a key role in a recent discovery of gravitational waves caused by the merger of a neutron star and black hole – the first time this particular event has been detected. Gravitational waves from the extreme event took over a billion years to reach...Read More

An agreement has been signed by the European Southern Observatory (ESO) and representatives of an international consortium, led by Australian Astronomical Optics (AAO), to begin construction of the MAVIS instrument for use on ESO's Very Large Telescope (VLT). The MAVIS Consortium is being led by the Australian National...Read More

The Astronomy Supercomputer Time Allocation Committee (ASTAC) Call for Proposals for Q3-Q4 2021 is now open. The deadline for this call is 8pm Friday 28th May 2021.Read More

Dr Sarah Pearce has just been appointed by the Square Kilometre Array Observatory (SKAO) to the position of Telescope Director for SKA Australia.Read More

On behalf of the Anglo-Australian Telescope (AAT) Council, Astronomy Australia Limited (AAL) seeks to appoint two new members to the AAT Time Allocation Committee (ATAC) and four new members to the AAT Users’ Committee (AATUC). Read More

On behalf of the Anglo-Australian Telescope (AAT) Council, Astronomy Australia Limited (AAL) seeks to appoint two new members to the AAT Time Allocation Committee (ATAC) and four new members to the AAT Users’ Committee (AATUC). Applications close on Monday 10 May 2021, 5 PM AWST. Late applications will...Read More

AAL would like to congratulate Dr Bernhard Müller from Monash University, and his team, for being awarded one of five recent Australasian Leadership Computing Grants (ALCG). These grants allow recipients to access to total 150 million units of computing time on Gadi, NCI's supercomputer, which is equal to 20,000 years of calculations...Read More

AAL would like to congratulate Professor Lisa Kewley from the Australian National University (ANU), on her election to the US National Academy of Sciences (NAS). Lisa was formally a Director on the AAL Board and is currently Director of the ASTRO 3D Centre of Excellence.Read More

Expressions of interest are now being accepted for the next semester (2021B) of the ADACS Merit Allocation Program. ​A reminder that the EoI Deadline is Friday 23rd April, 2021 @ 8pm AEST.Read More

Researchers in Western Australia have found a pulsar for the first time using the Murchison Widefield Array (MWA) telescope, a precursor to the future Square Kilometre Array (SKA).Read More