Lucien Wilkinson – Curtin University Western Australia’s Murchison Widefield Array (MWA) has entered its next chapter, with the completion of an upgrade set to expand our view of the Universe and solidify WA’s role as a global hub for radio astronomy. Operating since 2013, the MWA is a powerful telescope comprising 8,192 antennas spread across […]
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We’re pleased to announce the 2025 MWA Project Meeting will be held in the stunning city of Perth, Australia. We invite you to join us from the 27th-29th August, 205 at the ARRC Building, Kensington, followed by a special Sundowner event to celebrate the official launch of MWA Phase 3. To find out more, visit […]
Read MoreThe 2025A Call for Proposals is now open for the Guaranteed Time and Open Access categories for the period commencing in June 2025, to the end of March 2026. Due to soon to-be-scheduled site-wide maintenance being conducted by CSIRO in late May or early June, the exact commencement date for the semester will be advised in […]
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We would like to congratulate Associate Professor Natasha Hurley-Walker, from the Curtin University node of the International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research (ICRAR), for being awarded the prestigious 2025 Nancy Millis Medal for Women in Science by the Australian Academy of Science. Associate Professor Hurley-Walker’s research utilises powerful supercomputers to analyse petabytes of data from […]
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Researchers from Curtin University, led by Associate Professor Natasha Hurley-Walker, may have uncovered how long-period radio transients were formed. The team discovered that M dwarfs (low-mass stars) in binary systems with another object, likely a white dwarf, produce powerful radio emissions as they interact with one another. The radio signal was detected in data from […]
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This year’s MWA project meeting was held in Lausanne, Switzerland, from August 28th to 30th, hosted by the Swiss consortium through SCITAS-EPFL. The event brought together researchers, engineers, and experts from around the world, united in advancing radio astronomy and the MWA’s scientific objectives. The three-day meeting featured a range of presentations, discussions, and collaborative […]
Read MoreOverview The Call for Proposals for MWA observing semester 2024B is now open. This is for the allocation of observing time in the Guaranteed Time and Open Access categories, nominally during the period October 28, 2024 to End-March 2025 (subject to availability of the array). The telescope will be in the extended configuration for the […]
Read MoreCurtin astronomy leader honoured at Western Australian of the Year Awards
Read MoreWe would like to congratulate our very own Professor Steven Tingay for winning the APM Professions Award category of the Western Australian of the Year Awards last night! The prestigious award-giving body recognises Steven’s outstanding contribution to the state, and his crucial role in securing half of the Square Kilometre Array (SKA) project for Western […]
Read MoreThis year, we’re thrilled to announce that our meeting will be hosted in Switzerland, marking the latest addition to the MWA Collaboration’s international network of collaborators. Radio astronomers are invited to join us from Wednesday, August 28th, to Friday, August 30th, 2024, at Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (EPFL) in the picturesque city of […]
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