To celebrate the International Year of Astronomy, Scitech and Lotterywest have come together to present free astronomical viewing nights throughout the state.
We often get queries about interesting lights occurring in the night sky, so our resident astronomer Jacquie Milner explains some of the possibilities our Western Australian star gazers might be witnessing.
The SKA is a truly international radio telescope project; over fifty times more powerful than the world’s largest existing telescope it is currently being developed by 19 countries from around the world.
These resources have been designed by Ray Priskich to assist educators intending to provide astronomy learning to students from 14 to 16 years of age in Western Australia.
It’s time: Pathfinder construction beginsWednesday, 03 February 2010CSIRO’s Australian Square Kilometre Array Pathfinder (ASKAP) is well on target, as construction
Construction of CSIRO's Australian Square Kilometre Array Pathfinder (ASKAP) radio telescope has... Read more...
Professor Watson recognisedWednesday, 27 January 2010Anglo-Australian Observatory astronomer-in-charge Professor Fred Watson has been appointed
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NASA’s Rover bogged on MarsWednesday, 27 January 2010After six years of unprecedented exploration of the Red Planet, NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit no longer will be a fully mobile robot.
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Gas cloud is 'crazy'Wednesday, 27 January 2010“Crazy” and “cool” are two of the words Michigan State University astronomer Megan Donahue
Rare double-tailed gas cloud. Photo courtesy of the Chandra X-Ray Observatory
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About Astronomy WA
The objectives for this website are to promote astronomy with a strong focus on Western Australia's contributions to the subject, and to provide useful resources for teachers, students, and others, professional or amateur, with an interest in the field.
The Australian School Innovation in Science, Technology and Mathematics (ASISTM) project aims to bring about real and permanent improvements to the ways in which science, technology and mathematics are taught in our schools.
Many initiatives have been funded as part of this project, and this website is one part of one such initiative. Want to know more?
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Reach out and touch the stars
Did you know we have a 3D image gallery? We've got instructions on how to build your own 3D glasses to see the images properly.
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Did you know we have a 3D image gallery? We've got instructions on how to build your own 3D glasses to see the images properly.
Read our review of the Phun program that lets you model all kinds of crazy physics - gravity optional.