History & Culture
A telescope for a Golden Age
After a stellar 50 years as one of the country’s major scientific assets, the Anglo-Australian Telescope continues to play a major role in keeping Australian astronomy on the world stage.
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Science & Environment
What listening to nature can tell us about the health of our ecosystems
A team of scientists have developed the world’s first acoustic observatory, designed to analyse the health of our ecosystems by listening to the various croaks, wing flaps and splashes, or lack there of.
Science & Environment
Gallery: 10 best observatories in Australia
A little known fact is that Australia, a land blessed with low light pollution, has more than it’s fair share of great observatories.