Keep watching the skies: Australia’s premier scientific instrument is no museum piece
When the CSIRO’s 64-metre Parkes Radio Telescope was commissioned in 1961, it was only expected to operate for 20 years. ...
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Sixty years on, the Parkes dish is still making breakthroughs
The CSIRO’s 64-metre Parkes Radio Telescope was commissioned on October 31 1961. At the time it was the most advanced ...
National Heritage status for The Dish, an Australian engineering icon
Australia’s most famous telescope has been awarded National Heritage status.
Dr Sarah Pearce is helping to build the world’s largest telescope
Dr Sarah Pearce was recently announced as the 2020 Telstra NSW Business Woman of the Year. The astronomer spoke to ...
Engineers lay the groundwork for the world’s largest radio telescope: the Square Kilometre Array
Engineers and scientists have put the finishing touches on designs for Australia’s contribution to what will be the world’s largest ...
World’s largest radio telescope is a mammoth feat of engineering
This 500 meter behemoth will not only be the world’s largest radio telescope, but it will peer deeper into space ...
Behind the scenes of the ‘biggest science project ever attempted’
In WA's remote Murchison region, engineers and astrophysicist are toiling away on the groundwork for the world's largest radio telescope ...
