In the last 24 hours the MWA team has achieved a significant milestone. On September 16th, for the first time, the MWA team achieved science observations with all 256 tiles. That’s 100% availability and utilisation of the array. This incredible achievement wouldn’t be possible without the efforts of our operations team, who are finishing […]
Read MoreThis year’s MWA Project Meeting was held in Providence, Rhode Island, from July 27th to 30th and was hosted by the United States consortium through Brown University. The hybrid event brought together researchers, students, and other experts to discuss and share their findings from the first year of MWA Phase III observations, while providing a […]
Read MoreWe’re pleased to announce the 2026 MWA Project Meeting will be held at Brown University in Rhode Island, USA. We invite you to join us from the 27th-30th July 2026 as we celebrate the theme Phase III and toward the EoR. Online attendance is encouraged. To find out more, visit the event website. Registrations are OPEN for […]
Read MoreThe 2026A Call for Proposals is now open for the Guaranteed Time and Open Access categories for the period commencing 4 May to 31 December 2026. Available Array Configurations and Re-Configurations In 2026A, proposers will be able to nominate a preferred array configuration from an initial set of options. The configurations offered have been formulated to optimise different performance figures of merit and to address […]
Read MoreSee our galaxy like never before. This stunning image of the Milky Way was captured using some of the longest wavelengths of radio light from the Murchison Widefield Array (MWA) in Western Australia. The image was created from combining the data of two major surveys of the sky — GLEAM (2013–2015) and GLEAM-X (2018–2020). Curtin […]
Read MoreAuthor: ICRAR Astronomers from the International Centre of Radio Astronomy Research (ICRAR) have created the largest low-frequency radio colour image of the Milky Way ever assembled. This spectacular new image captures the Southern Hemisphere view of our Milky Way galaxy, revealing it across a wide range of radio wavelengths, or ‘colours’ of radio light. It […]
Read MoreLucien 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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