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Australian telescope creates a new atlas of the Universe - CSIRO

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The Australian Square Kilometre Array Pathfinder (ASKAP), developed and operated by Australia’s national science agency, CSIRO, mapped approximately three million galaxies in just 300 hours.

The Rapid ASKAP Continuum Survey is like a Google map of the Universe where most of the millions of star-like points on the map are distant galaxies – about a million of which we’ve never seen before.

The initial results are published today in the Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia.
Tech info https://www.cambridge.org/core/jour...irst-results/CEFDF9239B2DC09A194FE66F52846C8C

 

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Pilbara rock touches down on Mars​

NASA sent a 3.5-billion-year-old ultramafic dunite magnesium-rich rock with its Perseverance rover into space, which landed on Mars this morning Australian time.

The rock was collected near Marble Bar six years ago and was chosen due to the Pilbara region’s similarity to Perseverance’s landing site, Jezero Crater.

Article Link: https://www.australianmining.com.au/news/pilbara-rock-touches-down-on-mars/#:~:text=NASA%20sent%20a%203.5%2Dbillion,Perseverance's%20landing%20site%2C%20Jezero%20Crater.

 

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New-generation engine tested by Australian research consortium​

An Australian research consortium has successfully tested a next generation propulsion system that could enable high-speed flight and space launch services. The team’s rotating detonation engine, or RDE, is a major technical achievement and an Australian first.

Article Link: https://asiapacificdefencereporter....ine-tested-by-australian-research-consortium/

 

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'We’re back': rocket launch licence gives Australia's aerospace sector high hopes

Southern Launch facility on South Australia’s Eyre Peninsula gets go-ahead to send up suborbital satellites

www.theguardian.com

Southern Launch’s chief executive, Lloyd Damp, told Guardian Australia the company intended to start launches before the end of 2021.

 

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Aussie Scientists Plan To Fire A Freakin’ Laser Beam At Space Garbage​

Aussie scientists at the Australian National University (ANU) have pushed a technique that helps telescopes see objects in the night sky more clearly one step further. And the result is laser beams that can go toe-to-toe with pesky space rubbish.

Article Link: https://spaceaustralia.com.au/blogs...K3bJreS-Houj4Rg4MRuWw0-mNQ7YuOVxypsVe48KrUImw

 

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Giant spider ‘attacks’ Australian space telescope​

A security camera fixed on the giant antenna at Canberra’s Deep Space Communications Complex caught a terrifying spider “attack” this week when a giant huntsman spider crawled across the lens.

Article Link: https://nypost.com/2021/05/08/giant-spider-attacks-australian-space-telescope/

 

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Australian observations of geophysical phenomena related to the “Carrington/Hodgson” solar events of August/September 1859 are summarized.
Bright aurora were seen at least as far north as Brisbane. Telegraph services were disrupted in more southern regions, the magnetometer at Melbourne was greatly disturbed, and newspapers of the day carried useful information.
No information has yet been uncovered from the more northern areas of the continent, which at that time had few sizeable European communities.

The solar events of August/September 1859 – Surviving Australian observations

Australian observations of geophysical phenomena related to the “Carrington/Hodgson” solar events of August/September 1859 are summarized. Bright auro…

www.sciencedirect.com

 

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ANU LOOKS TO REACH ALPHA CENTAURI WITH LASER PROPULSION​

Scientists from the Australian National University are working on a new propulsion system designed to send a small spacecraft to the nearest star system using powerful lasers.

Article Link: https://spaceaustralia.com/index.php/news/anu-looks-reach-alpha-centauri-laser-propulsion

 

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Australia is putting a rover on the Moon in 2024 to search for water​

https://theconversation.com/austral...n-the-moon-in-2024-to-search-for-water-170097