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The National Year of Astronomy Honours Scholarship has been made available for 2010 to celebrate the National Year of Astronomy. 
As part of the International Year of Astronomy Lecture Series presented by the Australian Institute of Physics and the Black Hole Society, CSIRO's Prof Ray Norris's talk will explore the wonderful mystical Aboriginal astronomical stories and traditions.
The Australian National University has been awarded funding under the Federal Government’s Heritage Projects (Jobs Fund) to restore and stabilise the Reynold’s Telescope Dome that was severely damaged in the 2003 Canberra firestorm.
The winning picture from the 2009 Gemini School Astronomy Contest has been revealed. Students at PAL College have helped to celebrate the public unveiling of the image of the "Glowing Eye Nebula" as part of the International Year of Astronomy. The nebula was observed with the Gemini South telescope at the suggestion of PAL College student Daniel Tran, whose Contest entry was judged as the best combination of scientific and artistic reasoning. 
The latest results of an international research project to detect gravitational waves mean that scientists are one step closer to understanding the nature of the universe in the seconds after the big bang.
Australia’s participation in building the world’s most powerful telescope took a giant leap forward with the announcement by the Australian Government of $88.4 million toward the construction of the Giant Magellan Telescope (GMT).
Four decades have past since Professor Ross Taylor from ANU analysed the first moon rocks – but the geochemist’s memories of that shard of history remain crystal clear.
The Vice-Chancellor of The Australian National University Professor Ian Chubb has congratulated astronomer Professor Jeremy Mould on his winning the 2009 Cosmology Prize of the US-based Peter and Patricia Gruber Foundation – one of the world’s most prestigious astronomy accolades.
Newton’s theory of gravitation may have to be modified after a team of astrophysicists, including 
An ANU researcher’s revolutionary ‘plasma thruster’ will be developed for launch into space within the next four years, as part of a prototype satellite. It will be the first time in seven years that a piece of Australian hardware will be sent into space and the first time a satellite with a plasma engine will be tested.