Tag: Square Kilometre Array

Pawsey’s $48 million supercomputer ‘step change’

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
The Pawsey Supercomputing Centre in Western Australia has unveiled the first stage of a $48 million public research supercomputer billed as the fastest in the Southern Hemisphere. Early adopter...

First Nations knowledge and insights into Western astronomy

Posted on   |  by David McClure
Indigenous knowledge of astronomy is now starting to be recognised for its complexity, according to Indigenous astronomer, astrophysicist, science communicator and Gamilaraay woman, Karlie Noon. Ms Noon is an...

Quasar is CSIRO’s latest venture science bet

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The CSIRO has come together with science venture VC partners Main Sequence and a group of Australian industry partners to launch a space communications startup that traces its technology...

SKA telescope gets $387m shot in the arm

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The Prime Minister Scott Morrison has committed a further $387 million to the massive Square Kilometre Array radio telescope in Western Australia’s Murchison region, including $64 million that will...