Friday, 10 Oct 2025
A world-first discovery of binary stars could be the first step in building a more complete picture of how our galaxy formed.
Thursday, 25 Sep 2025
One of the most powerful black holes in the universe is belching out gas at speeds of up to 10,000 kilometres per second, making its estimated mass more than 10 times lower than first thought.
Thursday, 14 Aug 2025
A collaborative survey involving the Australian National University (ANU), the University of Queensland, and others, has provided a more detailed look into a cosmic merger between two spiral galaxies, NGC5713 and NGC5719, and a potential glimpse into our own galactic future.
Dancing dwarf galaxies predict our Milky Way's future
A collaborative survey involving the Australian National University (ANU), the University of Queensland, and others, has provided a more detailed…
iLAuNCH Trailblazer program and Rosella
The Rosella program, developed in partnership with home-grown and international industry groups, will deliver a quasi-commercial detector control…
A night in the life of an Astronomer
ANU College of Science and Medicine recently did a feature on RSAA Researcher, Dr Stefania Barsanti, observing on Australia's largest optical…
10 Mar 2026 | 11am
RSAA Colloquium: Ryan Shannon (Swinburne U.)
Fundamental astrophysics with fast radio bursts.
22 Feb 2027 | 9am - 26 Feb 2027 | 5pm
Supernovae Near and Far, celebrating the achievements of Brian Schmidt and the 40th anniversary of SN1987A
The 23rd of February 2027 marks the 40th anniversary of the arrival of Supernovae 1987A. That same week coincides with the 60th birthday of Brian Schmidt who shared the Nobel Prize for observations which led to the discovery of the accelerating universe.Please use the "Register" button to express your interest in attending. An official registration form will be sent out closer to the date.