02 March 2018
Light from the Universe’s first stars detected
... glass table randomly placed in the outback of Western Australia. Detecting the signal is cause enough for celebration, ...The EDGES instrument at the Murchison Radio-astronomy Observatory, Australia. In each instrument, radio waves are collected by ...
02 December 2020
Astronomers map a million previously undiscovered galaxies in record time
... which normally takes years to complete, the Australian Square Kilometre Array Pathfinder (ASKAP), developed and operated by Australia's national science agency, CSIRO, has mapped approximately three million galaxies in just 300 hours. The study...
February 2016
The Benefits of a British Spaceport
... the others being the Outer Hebrides and Woomera, Australia. The Outer Hebrides lost out because of poor ...Black Arrow, Black Knight and Blue Streak, was eventually switched to Australia - until the launcher project was axed in 1972. The problem...
June 2018
Cosmic communications and the anthropology of outer space
... perceptible. The astronomers use large radio dishes in Parkes, Australia, and in Green Bank, West Virginia, USA, in the...hedge their bets. Parkes Radio Telescope in New South Wales, Australia. Frank Drake, an astronomer who used the Green Bank ...
October 2020
Essential role of satellites in disaster and pandemic management
... EMS during an emergency activation of the International Charter showing wildfires at Bendemeer, Australia, in November 2019. Bushfires spread across parts of southeast Australia from June 2019 until January 2020, burning over 18.6 million hectares...
September 2023
India signs up to the Artemis Accords
... announced on 13 October 2020 during the 71st International Astronautical Congress (IAC) in Dubai. The initial eight countries (Australia, Canada, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, the United Arab Emirates, the United Kingdom and the United States...
