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Two photos. The left photo is of Professor Naomi McClure-Griffith in front of outdoor astronomy facilities. The second photo is of Li Yusen holding a camera outside near the ocean.

National recognition for Australian astronomers innovating how we explore the cosmos

The Astronomical Society of Australia (ASA) honoured six astronomers at its Annual Scientific Meeting in Adelaide this week, including two ANU scientists.

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Close up of possum held in someone's hands.
Thursday, 17 Jun 2021
  • News

When animals are hot, they eat less. This potentially fatal phenomenon has been largely overlooked in wild animals, explain researchers from ANU.

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Portrait head and shoulders photo of Professor Anna Moore with blurry background.
Thursday, 17 Jun 2021
  • News

Australia's spacecraft and satellites will better survive damaging radiation and extreme conditions thanks to $2.5 million in funding for improved space testing facilities at ANU.

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Dr Rocio Camacho Morales in physics lab, photographed leaning over a table with laser optics equipment.
Wednesday, 16 Jun 2021
  • News

Researchers from ANU have developed new technology that allows people to see clearly in the dark, revolutionising night-vision.

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Professor Kurt Lambeck in front of projection showing an image of the Earth from space.
Tuesday, 15 Jun 2021
  • News

A leading ANU researcher who helped make GPS a tool we all use each day has been awarded the top gong in the Order of Australia.

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Building with garden in foreground.
Friday, 11 Jun 2021
  • Analysis and opinion

One cold winter doesn't negate more than a century of global warming. We need the political leadership to set the world on a safer path. Ill-informed tweets by government senators won't help.

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Artist interpretation of laser light sail. Image shows space with lasers from Earth casting a large sail.
Tuesday, 08 Jun 2021
  • News

Scientists from ANU have designed a new type of space-craft propulsion system as part of an ambitious international project that aims to explore the worlds surrounding our second nearest star, Alpha Centauri.

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Telescopes and night sky showing Milky Way
Wednesday, 02 Jun 2021
  • News

Australian scientists will help construct one of the world's most powerful ground-based telescopes that promises to see further and clearer than the Hubble Space Telescope and unlock mysteries of the early Universe.

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Friday, 28 May 2021
  • News

The hunt for the never before heard "hum" of gravitational waves caused by mysterious neutron stars has just got a lot easier, thanks to an international team of researchers.

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Wednesday, 26 May 2021
  • News

An ecological crisis overshadowed by the threats of mass species extinctions and climate change impacts could be just as serious to ecosystems and human society, according to a new study by an international team of scientists.

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