Space and physics
Astronomers detect galactic space laser
A powerful radio-wave laser, called a ‘megamaser’, has been observed by the MeerKAT telescope in South Africa. The record-breaking find…
Consistent asteroid showers rock previous thinking on Mars craters
New Curtin University research has confirmed the frequency of asteroid collisions that formed impact craters on Mars has been consistent…
Binar-1 to ground control! WA’s first homegrown spacecraft makes contact
Western Australia’s homegrown spacecraft, Binar-1, has made first contact with ground control at Curtin University, after it was launched into…
Space hunt begins as WA’s Binar-1 mission takes next giant leap
Western Australia’s homegrown spacecraft, Binar-1, has been shot into the vacuum of space- deployed into Low Earth Orbit from the…
Indigenous space academy and wellbeing app among new Dean’s ambitions
Accomplished Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health and wellbeing researcher Professor Christopher Lawrence has been appointed the first Dean of…
WA boldly goes where no West Aussie spacecraft has gone before
We have lift off – with the launch of Western Australia’s first homegrown spacecraft from the Kennedy Space Centre in…
WA’s first homegrown spacecraft ready for take-off
The countdown has begun to the historic launch of Binar-1 – Western Australia’s first homegrown, highly integrated spacecraft that is…
Astronomers see a ‘Space Jellyfish’
A radio telescope located in outback Western Australia has observed a cosmic phenomenon with a striking resemblance to a jellyfish.…
State funding set to boost Curtin’s homegrown space program
Curtin University’s bid to launch miniature spacecraft for deep space missions is one step closer after a $500,000 investment by…
Food and space the focus for newest Forrest PhD Scholars at Curtin
Two early career researchers have been awarded prestigious Forrest PhD Scholarships to continue their studies into black holes in the…