AAL is delighted to congratulate Professor Naomi McClure-Griffiths for being awarded a prestigious Laureate Fellowship from the Australian Research Council. Professor McClure-Griffiths is the Associate Director at ANU's Research School of Astronomy and Astrophysics, and currently serves as AAL's Board Chair.Read More
The Australia-China Consortium for Astrophysics Research (ACAMAR) is sponsoring a three-day workshop on the Future of Traditional Survey Science, to be held online on 22, 23 and 24 September 2021.Read More
An international collaboration of astronomers and telescopes has revealed new imagery of galaxies moving at high speed, headed for an intergalactic collision. The cluster of galaxies pictured to the left is known as The Northern Clump, which has been imaged for the first time with unprecedented detail at...Read More
At a recent meeting of the SKA Observatory (SKAO) at its headquarters in the UK, the SKAO Member States formally approved the start of construction for the two SKA telescopes, to be located in Australia and South Africa. Australia's low-frequency telescope, to be known as SKA-Low, will consist...Read More
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
