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The blast is about five times bigger than the previous record holder. 2020 March 4, Nature World News,
Read MorePawsey Supercomputing Centre Boosts Astronomy Research with New HPE Supercomputer
2020 February 27, HPC Wire
Read MoreCurtin planetary sciences and health research boosted with ARC funding
2020 January 16, Mirage News
Read MoreWest Australian telescope finds 9,000-year-old supernova remnant
Using the GLEAM surveym Dr Hurley-Walker and her colleagues discovered the remnants of 27 massive stars that exploded in supernovae at the end of their lives. 2019 November 20, ICRAR and ABC news
Read MoreScientists inch closer than ever to signal from cosmic dawn
Researchers using the Murchison Widefield Array radio telescope have taken a new and significant step toward detecting a signal from the period in cosmic history when the first stars lit up the universe. 2019 November 26, Brown University
Read MoreProbing the Secrets of the Universe From Deep in the Australian Outback
Extreme heat, ants, and stray cell phones are big concerns. 2019 November 13, Atlas Obscura
Read MoreShining a light on the Cosmic Dark Ages
Astronomers are closing in on a signal that has been travelling across the Universe for 12 billion years, bringing them nearer to understanding the life and death of the very earliest stars. 2019 September 10, The Age, ASTRO3D, VICE, Phys.org,
Read MoreScience world focused on WA as telescopes scan the universe
2019 March 28, Business News Western Australia
Read MoreInnovative research uses remote radio telescope to detect cosmic rays
2019 January 15, Curtin University Media Release
Read MoreSynchronised telescope dance puts limits on mysterious flashes in the sky
2018 October 30, ICRAR
Read MoreInternational researchers can now map the universe with Murchison
2018 July, Australian Access Federation
Read MoreFuture full of stars: WA touted as prime location for space agency hub
2018 May 23, The Age
Read MoreA big step toward the Square Kilometre Array in Western Australia
2018 April 23, Curtin University Media Release
Read MoreFar From Radio Interference, the Square Kilometre Array Takes Root in South Africa and the Australian Outback
2017 November 28, IEEE Spectrum
Read MoreMajor milestone for key radio-astronomy project
2017 November 14, Curtin University Media Release
Read MoreColliding neutron stars revealed by gravitational waves and massive fireball
2017 October 17, Curtin University Media Release, ABC News
Read MoreThese radio telescopes see almost to the beginning of time
Two Australian radio telescopes have a humble goal: uncovering the universe’s secrets. 2017 August 1, CNet
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