“It is a strange thing being so intimately part of something but also not understanding what will happen, and the secrecies involved in it,” says ANU alumna and Alone Australia contestant Kate Grarock.

Like many of us Mallika Sinha wanted to become an astronaut when she grew up. Then, she realised there was something even more exciting: astrophysics.

"I really wasn’t sure how my identity or my acceptance of myself would change when I moved to Canberra," says Isaac. "But the more time I spent listening to queer stories, the more I have felt comfortable in my own skin."

The search for dark matter seems an impossible challenge, but that’s nothing new to Victoria Uttaree Bashu; becoming a physicist seemed an impossible dream for her.

From exploring the mysteries of dark matter, to planting the seeds of human life away from Earth, Lachlan McKie is using nuclear science to solve some of our most complex questions.

Meet the nuclear physicist exploring dark energy through art. As an artist, Raghda Abdel Khaleq is working on a dark energy-inspired series, where she uses red gradients to explore how the universe is expanding at an accelerated rate.

This is a job you’d want to rock up to every day.
Peek behind the scenes on a tour of the collection with Museum Curator at Geoscience Australia and ANU alumni, Steven Petkovski.

When Dhruv Bhagtani landed in Australia thanks to a prestigious Future Research Talent Award, he knew he’d be doing world-class undergraduate research. What he didn’t expect was the world of opportunity it also opened up.

To mark International Day of Women and Girls in Science, the joint conveners of ANU Women* in Physics, Astro and Engineering, Dr Noemie Bastidon and Dr Julie Tournet, were in conversation with ANU alumni Professor Melanie Campbell from the University of Waterloo.