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ICRAR staff and students kicked off September with our annual ICRAR-Con, where we get together and share our research highlights, new work, and build stronger ties across the entire organisation. A great time was had by all in Mandurah, just outside Perth, with various social activities in addition to the research and introductory talks over the three days. We also had our 'Visiting Committee' with us in August to provide a review of ICRAR's activity over the past few years and advise our plans and goals for the future.
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| Upcoming special event: Public Lecture |
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| SPACE EXPLORATION, THE NEXT GENERATION |
During a rare visit to WA, Jan Woerner— the Director General of the European Space Agency—will talk about the next generation of space exploration and join a panel of experts to take your questions about Australia’s future in space.
Venue: UWA Uni Club
Date: Friday September 29th
Time: Arrive 5:45pm for a 6:00pm start.
Free ticket is required for attendance, sign up via the link below. Hurry, over 65% of tickets are already gone!
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| Astro Morning Tea with ICRAR |
Do you like your space, astronomy and science news with terrible puns and a serve of humour? Well then Astro Morning Tea with ICRAR is just the thing for you!
A fortnightly roundup of quirky news and facts from the ICRAR team, starring Dr Luke Davies and Gregory Rowbotham, featuring on Australia's Science Channel. All episodes. |
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| ICRAR Year Book: Volume 4 now available |
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| Our biennial publication covering all the biggest happenings across all our research, the ICRAR Year Book is more like a magazine than an annual report. Learn all about our work for the past two years as we delve into the research and outreach highlights from our 150+ staff and students. |
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| Citizen Science Grant to build on Galaxy Explorer |
| ICRAR has received a $350k Citizen Science Grant to build on the website, Galaxy Explorer, which was developed to enlist the help of Australians to classify galaxies. Through Galaxy Explorer over 200,000 galaxies have already been classified. |
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| Mount Magnet Astrofest 2017 |
| Every year the Mount Magnet community comes together for a weekend ‘Astro-rocks fest’ celebrating the sky above and the ancient landscape below this unique part of Australia. |
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| Battle of the Brains Wrap Up |
| This year’s National Science Week saw Science Nation bring their acclaimed ‘Battle of the Brains’ comedy quiz to Perth, testing the best of Perth’s Physics brains across theorems, audience charades and even the Greek alphabet. |
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| Visiting Senior Fellow 2016-2017 |
A massive thank you to our most recent visiting senior fellow under our Visiting Fellowship For Senior Women In Astronomy program, Dr Francesca Primas.
Dr Primas had a busy 6 week visit including:
- Informal talks and sessions on work-life balance to staff and students
- Talk: 'A curious paradox: scientists and biases'
- Meetings with students on careers in astronomy, including one-to-one
- Mentoring activities
- Research talk: 'Sodium abundances in Globular Clusters: What do they tell us?'
- ESO talk: 'An insider's view of ESO flagship facility'
- De Laeter colloquium: 'Heroes and S-heroes: fostering diversity and gender equality in Astronomy'
We are already looking forward to Dr Primas' return for a further visit in the next twelve months, and our next Fellowship recipient's trip before July 2018. |
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| In case you missed it: Astronomy News |
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| BACKYARD ASTRONOMY HELPS EXPLOSIVE DISCOVERY |
With the help of ICRAR Astronomer Paul Luckas, researchers at Michigan State University (MSU) in the United States have observed a super-luminous nova in unparalleled detail and proven a theory that explains the phenomena.
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| SKA August Newsletter |
| August 16th Edition of the SKA Newsletter, including reports from SKA consortia across the globe. |
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| SKA ICT DEVELOPMENT SUPPORTED BY NZ GOVERNMENT |
| New Zealand Minister for Science and Innovation the Hon Paul Goldsmith has announced a funding boost to support data intensive astronomy development that could be used for the SKA! |
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