Tag: telescope

Telco/ISP

New Zealand joins Aussie SKA bid via 1 Gbps network

By Liz Tay | May 27, 2010 | Comment Now

CSIRO collaboration forms 'giant' trans-Tasman telescope.

Hardware

Video: First ASKAP radio telescope is listening

By Liz Tay, Munir Kotadia | Mar 8, 2010 | Comment Now

35 more identical telescopes expected by 2013.

Oddware

Telescope network to crunch an exabyte of data a day

By Munir Kotadia | Sep 17, 2009 | Comment Now

SKA-Jr will collect more data in six hours than all radio astronomy combined.

Networking

West Oz spends $80m on supercomputer

Aug 27, 2009 | Comment Now

Strengthens bid for radio telescope project.

Oddware

Kiwis join Aussie radio telescope bid

Aug 21, 2009 | Comment Now

Supercomputing and high-tech sectors could benefit.

Oddware

Australia puts $88m into space

Jul 22, 2009 | Comment Now

Funds telescope construction and Mount Stromlo refit.

Telco/ISP

Aussies stake claim for SKA space telescope

Mar 12, 2009 | Comment Now

Researchers have transmitted astronomy data from the east to west coast of Australia at high-speed but will need to achieve a “several hundred” factor improvement in speed to ...

Telco/ISP

Aussie telescopes join global networked space imaging project

Jan 15, 2009 | Comment Now

Australian researchers will join their counterparts from 13 countries to demonstrate a way of generating cosmic radio images up to 100 times clearer than is possible from the ...

Hardware

Hubble crashes again

By Iain Thomson | Oct 20, 2008 | Comment Now

NASA is reporting that computer problems on the Hubble orbital telescope have worsened, complicating the mission planned to repair it.

Software

Microsoft turns stargazer with Worldwide Telescope

By Guy Dixon | May 10, 2008 | Comment Now

Microsoft's WorldWide Telescope, a free tool that allows users to explore images of the sky at night, will be available at the end of May..

Hardware

Astronomers focus on EU-sized telescope

Nov 6, 2007 | Comment Now

Four of Europe's biggest radio astronomy facilities are to be connected using high-bandwidth point-to-point circuits through the European Union's Express Production Real-time ...

Oddware

Nasa telescope to view the Big Bang

By Robert Jaques | Feb 9, 2007 | Comment Now

World's most powerful telescope nears completion.