MWA - Popular Press

MWA in popular press articles

This page contains links to press releases and popular media coverage of the MWA. More press releases can be found directly from the Curtin University and ICRAR websites.

2022 March 23, AAL, Major upgrade to outback telescope a resounding success
2022 January 27, Nature, Mysterious Object Unlike Anything Astronomers Have Seen Before
2021 December 23, Nature Astronomy, Astronomers Capture Black Hole Eruption Spanning 16 Times the Full Moon in the Sky
2021 November 29, ASTRO3D, Closing in on the first light in the Universe
2021 September 3, Curtin Media Release, Curtin’s Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence going where no radio astronomy has gone before
2021 July 5, HPC Wire, Pawsey Prepares for the Data Deluge from the Square Kilometre Array
2021 June 29, SKAO, Green Light Given For Construction Of World’s Largest Radio Telescope Arrays [also covered by The Science Times]
2021 June 3, Nature, Stacking the odds [also covered by Space Australia]
2021 May 7, Science, ‘Campfires’ may drive heating of solar atmosphere
2021 April 21, ICRAR, Outback radio telescope discovers dense, spinning, dead star [also covered by Particle, Springer, Science Daily, The West Australian and others]
2021 March 18, ICRAR, Astronomers see a 'space jellyfish' [also covered by IFL Science, Medium, Science News, Popular Mechanics and others]
2021 January 20, Nature, Ten computer codes that transformed science
2020 December 14, GWN 7 News, Seeing further, faster
2020 December 10, Curtin Media Release, Gamers pave the way for million dollar grant for telescope ‘brain’ upgrade [also covered by SpaceAustralia]
2020 September 30, WA Government, WA’s leading scientists recognised in Premier’s Science Awards
2020 September 8, ICRAR, Australian telescope finds no signs of alien technology in 10 million star systems [also covered by ABC news, Fox news, The West Australian and others]
2020 August 30, HPC Wire, Pawsey Supercomputing Centre Spins Up ‘Garrawarla’ for Astronomical Insight [also covered by Mirage News]
2020 July 29, Defence Connect, Defence Minister releases statement outlining plans for defence in space
2020 July 8, Australian Academy of Science, Review finds investment in Australian astronomy is paying dividends
2020 June 11, University of Washington News, Scientists close in on 12 billion-year-old signal from the end of the universe’s ‘dark age’ [also covered by UniverseToday, HindustanTimes and Phys.org]
2020 June 10, Mirage News, Preparations complete in Western Australia for construction of world’s largest telescope [also covered by ICRAR]
2020 June 4, WIO News, Scientists in Pune discover long-sought tiny explosions on the Sun [also covered by The Hindu, Astronomy.com and Phys.org]
2020 March 24, ICRAR, WA Science and Industry Leaders put their heads together to search for the first stars and galaxies
2020 March 4, Nature World News, The Biggest Black Hole Eruption Ever Seen [also covered by The New York Times, BBC News, Scientific American, Cosmos Magazine, Daily Mail, Astronomy Now, Asia Times, The Ticker and ICRAR]
2020 February 27, HPC Wire, Pawsey Supercomputing Centre Boosts Astronomy Research with New HPE Supercomputer [also covered by ITWire, ZDNet, Data Center Dynamics and Technology Decisions]
2020 January 16, Mirage News, Curtin planetary sciences and health research boosted with ARC funding
2019 December 6, Nature, Diversity and inclusion in Australian astronomy [also covered by ANU]
2019 December 2, ABC News, West Australian telescope finds 9,000-year-old supernova remnant [also covered by ICRAR]
2019 November 26, Brown University, Scientists inch closer than ever to signal from cosmic dawn [also covered by LiveScience and Forbes]
2019 November 13, Atlas Obscura, Probing the Secrets of the Universe From Deep in the Australian Outback
2019 September 10, The Age, In the high-stakes race to find the dawn of light, Australia just took the lead [also covered by Interesting Engineering, VICE and ASTRO3D]
2019 August 14, Nature, The quest to unlock the secrets of the baby Universe
2019 April 26, AAS Nova, Prepping for Even Bigger Data in the Era of Interferometry (also on Phys.org)
2019 March 28, Business News Western Australia, Science world focused on WA as telescopes scan the universe
2019 January 15, Curtin University Media Release, Innovative research uses remote radio telescope to detect cosmic rays
2018 December 3, Curtin University Media Release, MWA providing benefit across Curtin
2018 October 30, Curtin University Media Release, Synchronised telescope dance puts limits on mysterious flashes in the sky [also on ICRAR]
2018 October 17, Nature, Western Australia’s science finds strength in its isolation
2018 October 17, Curtin University Media Release, Moon helps reveal secrets of the Universe [also on ICRAR]
2018 September 4, ICRAR, Telescope maps cosmic rays in Large and Small Magellanic Clouds
2018 July, Australian Access Federation, International researchers can now map the universe with Murchison
2018 July 19, ICRAR, WA astronomers partner with the defence industry to monitor space
2018 July 9, Curtin University Media Release, MWA: expanding the horizons of science
2018 July 6, The Science Show on ABC Radio National, Search for when the first stars and galaxies formed
2018 June 5, ABC, Meet the ABC's Top 5 scientists for 2018
2018 May 23, The Age, Future full of stars: WA touted as prime location for space agency hub
2018 April 23, Australian Government Department of Industry, Innovation and Science, Major upgrade helps prepare for world's largest telescope
2018 April 23, Curtin University Media Release, A big step toward the Square Kilometre Array in Western Australia
2018 April 13, Australia's Science Channel, Outback radio telescope listens in on interstellar visitor [also covered by ICRAR and Curtin University]
2017 December 12, Curtin University Media Release, Telescopes team up to study giant galaxy [also on ICRAR]
2017 November 28, IEEE Spectrum, Far From Radio Interference, the Square Kilometre Array Takes Root in South Africa and the Australian Outback
2017 November 14, Curtin University Media Release, Major milestone for key radio-astronomy project
2017 October 17, Curtin University Media Release, Curtin University plays important role in worldwide cosmic event [also on ABC News]
2017 August 28, Nature Astronomy, The future of astronomy in Australia
2017 August 1, CNet, These radio telescopes see almost to the beginning of time
2017 July 21, ICRAR, Hunting molecules with the MWA
2017 June 9, Altair Hyperworks, Characterizing the Murchison Widefield Array Beam Pattern
2017 March 28, ICRAR, Astronomers probe swirling particles in halo of starburst galaxy
2017 March 21, Curtin University Media Release, Astronomers hazard a ride in a ‘drifting carousel’ to understand pulsating stars
2017 February 27, Cosmos, SKA: Tooling up down under for the world's most powerful telescope
2017 February 24, Financial Review, The Square Kilometre Array: going to infinity and beyond
2016 December 16, Nature, 2016 in pictures: The best science images of the year
2016 October 27, The Sydney Morning Herald, Australian astronomers at ICRAR reveal how the sky would look in radio waves [also covered by Phys, Curtin University]
2016 October 26, ICRAR, Australian desert telescope views sky in radio technicolour
2016 October 10, Phys.org, Preparing to study the epoch of reionization
2016 August 1, Room, SETI has new eyes on the skies
2016 June 21, Curtin University Media Release, Expanding the horizons of science
2016 March 16, Curtin University Media Release, High tech partnership paying off
2016 March 7, ICRAR, LIGO makes waves with gravitational announcement, and Australian telescopes follow up
2016 February 25, Curtin University Media Release, Distant galaxy identified as the origin of mysterious bright burst
2015 October 30, Curtin University Media Release, Time machine in the Western Australian outback obtains funding boost
2015 July 17, The Square Kilometre Array: radio silence in Western Australia for most powerful telescope in history
2015 June 23, Thomson Reuters (Australia), MWA honored for impact to Australian Space Sciences in Citation and Innovation Awards 2015, also covered by CAASTRO and Curtin University press releases.
2015 June 08, Physics Today, Imaging Earth's plasma ducts
2015 June 1, The Sydney Morning Herald, Sydney University physics undergraduate maps huge plasma tubes in the sky, U. Sydney press release.
2015 May 24, Perth Now, World;s most powerful telescope, the Square Kilometre Array, set for Murchison in regional WA
2015 April 21, Phys.org, Radio astronomy backed by big data projects
2014 November 25, Phys.org, Monster telescope needs mind-bending mathematics to uncover secrets of the universe
2014 November 24, Press Release (Arizona State University), ASU joins pathbreaking radio telescope project to study early universe
2014 November 7, Science, A glimpse of cosmic dawn
2014 September 27, The Australian and Western Australian, Astronomy project unites indigenous artists from WA and South Africa
2014 May 23, Phys.org, Radio galaxy discovery near Earth spurs more questions
2013 December 02, Voice of America, Australian Scientists Track Space Junk by Listening to FM Radio [video by CAASTRO]
2013 November 30, CNET, Pop music finally put to good use tracking space junk
2013 November 29, ScienceDaily, Telescope to Track Space Junk Using Youth Radio Station
2013 November 29, The Australian, FM radio to tune in to space junk via Murchison Widefield Array
2013 November 25, Scoop Education, Vic researchers to play significant role in global project
2013 November 15, Perth Now, WA supercomputer launched to work on Midwest Square Kilometre Array
2013 November 5, Press Release (ICRAR), Work towards largest telescope awarded
2013 July 23, Press Release (ICRAR), Pawsey powerhouse supercomputer crunches pre-SKA data torrent
2013 July 09, AARNet, Murchison Widefield Array radio telescope operational today over AARNet
2013 July 08-09, MWA Operations Launch covered by: Phys.org. Engadget, The Conversation, SBS World News Australia, Perth Now, The Australian, Computer World, The Australian, The Australian (second article), ABC Sydney Radio, Sydney Morning Herald, Top News Arab Emirates, The Age
2013 July 08, Press Release (Australian Senator the Hon Kim Carr), New telescope takes us a step closer to the Big Bang
2013 July 08, Press Release (Curtin University), Early Universe to be revealed [watch the official launch on YouTube]
2013 June 07, SBS, Radio astronomy cranks up in WA's Mid West [also on: The Australia]
2013 February 09, The Australian, Starry, Starry nights
2013 February, Qantas In The Air, The Heart of Darkness
2013 January 17, Government of Western Australia, Curtin Leads SKA Precursor
2013 January, Case Study (Curtin University), COLLABORATION BETWEEN RESEARCH INSTITUTES AND INDUSTRY: Lessons learned from the Murchison Widefield Array and applicability to the Square Kilometre Array
2012 December 20, The Australian, Radio days
2012 December 17, Australian Physics (Volume 49, Number 6, Nov-Dec 2012), The path to the low frequency Square Kilometre Array in Australia
2012 December 17, Press Release (CAASTRO), Man in the Moon tunes into Earth's Radio
2012 December 13, Press Release (CAASTRO), Providing a clearer view of our early Universe
2012 December 3, Financial Review, Education briefs
2012, December 3, Press Release (CISCO), Cisco Collaborates with Murchison Widefield Array SKA Precursor to Demonstrate the Role of Commercial-Off-the-Shelf Technology in Radio Astronomy
2012 November 30, Australian Research Council (ARC), Murchison Widefield Array telescope unveiled in West Australian outback
2012 November 30, ABC News, New telescope to track solar storms from the Murchison
2012 November 30, ABC News, Murchison telescope to map history of the universe
2012 November 30, PerthNow, Murchison Radio Telescope Launched In Outback WA [also on: Herald Sun]
2012 November 30, Sky News, Another radio-telescope launched in WA
2012 November 30, ZDNet, AU$51M radio telescope launched in Western Australia [also on: The Australian]
2012 November 30, Nanowerk, New radio telescope could save world billions [also on: phys.org, redOrbit, Curtin University]
2012 November 30, UPI, Huge telescope to warn of solar storms
2012 November 30, Press Release, The Honorable Gary Gray AO MP, Vital key to SKA launched
2012 November 30, Press Release, Ministerial Media Statements, Government of Western Australia, Ground-breaking array paves way for SKA
2012 November 30, World News, Radio telescope already matches best data
2012 November 30, The West Australian / Yahoo News, New Radio Telescope Launched in WA
2012 November 30, Press Release (Curtin University), New radio telescope could save world billions: Murchison Widefield Array telescope complete after eight years
2012 November 28, New Scientist, Junk Radio Signals Track All Space Debris in One Go
2012 November 23, Daily News Analysis, New Telescope To Throw Light on Evolution of Universe
2012 November 23, Australian Geographic, 10 of the best Australian observatories
2012 October 25, Royal Society of New Zealand, "Searching for the tell-tale signs of galaxy cluster formation"
2012 July 24, Press Release (IBM), "IBM to Power New Generation Radio Telescope and Help Probe the Origins of the Universe" [also on: Engadget, Ubergizmo]
2012 May 25, Press Release (ICRAR), Australia to share in world’s largest telescope
2011 December 11, PerthNow, "WA telescope to look back to big bang"
2011 December 1, Electronics News, "Building started on MWA radio telescope"
2011 November 30, ScienceNetwork Western Australia, "Murchison Wide-field Array underway"
2011 November 21, TechWorld, "CSIRO eyes petascale supercomputer for Pawsey Centre"
2011 November 20, ZDNet, "CSIRO set to buy last SKA supercomputer"
2011 October 31, Press Release (ICRAR), WA high-tech business helps astronomers discover the Universe
2011 May 15, Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC), Landline, "Reach for the stars"
2011 April 25, Stuff.co.nz, "IBM award strengthens SKA chances"
2011 April 12, Press Release (IBM), IBM Award to Victoria University of Wellington Supports the Murchison Widefield Array Pathfinder Project for SKA
2011 April 5, The Economist, "Big Astronomy"
2010 June 3, Press Release (ICRAR), $4.6M awarded towards the Murchison Widefield Array
2010 May 24, Computerworld Australia, "Perth to Geraldton fibre roll out begins"
2010 April 27, Computerworld Australia, "Australian SKA telescope to get broadband blackspot fibre"
2009 September 25, Science, "Exotic Telescopes Prepare to Probe Era of First Stars and Galaxies"
2009 September 17, Harvard Gazette, "Harnessing fun for serious science"
2009 April 2, NVIDIA, "NVIDIA Names Harvard University a CUDA Center of Excellence"
2008 October 29, Nature, "Astronomy revolutions' spur on the new director of the Haystack Observatory"
2007 October 20, The Science Show, "The birth of the Universe"
2007 July 16, Boston Globe, "A look way, way back -- New technique offers researchers clues to the universe's dark age"
2007 January 10, AstronomyWA, "Eavesdropping on E.T."
2007 January 9, NY Times "Scientists Hope to Listen for Potential ‘Friends’ Elsewhere in the Universe"
2006 November 9, Nature, "Radio astronomy: Dutch courage"
2006 July 10, Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC), Science Online "New radio telescope to be built in WA"
2006 July 6, Universe Today "Radio Telescope will Look Back to the Beginning"
2005 March 14, Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC), "Murchison proves popular for radio astronomy"