Press Coverage

Our publications, research activities, and public engagement that have made the news:

• Alan Duffy explains "The lone rangers" of the Universe: exoplanets

• Fairfax science columnist Peter Spinks' "Mysterious Worlds" with commentary by our Melbourne Affiliates Dr Alan Duffy and Dr Katie Mack (in The Age, Sydney Morning Herald, Brisbane Times)

• CAASTRO Director Bryan Gaensler argues that "Science needs more women" and initial-only submissions subvert sexist bias is peer-review

• Our joint ICRAR-CAASTRO press release on 2 April 2013 for the Zanardo et al. paper "High-Resolution Radio Observations of the Remnant of SN 1987A at High Frequencies" (in The Astrophysical Journal 767) produced over 155 hits in 32 countries. The majority of hits were online (national and international), with five hits in print, 1 on television and many radio appearances in Italy; print example: The Australian, online example: Universe today

• How Brian Schmidt and Sean Carroll were "Gambling on the nature of things" - the winner got a bottle of port, the loser a Nobel Prize (26 March 2013)

• The Australian ranking Prof Brian Schmidt Top 7 out of 50 in Education in 2013 and Top 35 out of 50 Most Influential People in 2013; also naming Prof Bryan Gaensler one of 20 "People to watch" in 2013 (March 2013)

• Bryan Gaensler's defence of the 457 visa program "Access to galaxy of expertise key to world-class reputation" in The Australian (11 March 2013)

• Brian Schmidt and the ANU offering free astronomy classes; in The Australian, the Sydney Morning Herald, the Canberra Times, and on ABC News (21 February 2013)

• CAASTRO members Brian Schmidt (ANU) and Brian Boyle (CSIRO) on the Australia Day 2013 Honours List (26 January 2013)

• Award announcements of the Australian Academy of Science, with CAASTRO Associate Investigator Chris Blake (Swinburne Univ.) receiving the 2013 Pawsey Medal for his Early Career Research achievements in Cosmology (16 January 2013)

• Commentary on the New South Wales bushfires that posed a threat to the Siding Spring Observatory telescopes in the Sydney Morning Herald (Bryan Gaensler) and The Australian (Wiebke Ebeling), both on 15 January 2013

• "Galactic geysers fuelled by star stuff" joint CAASTRO / ICRAR press release, 3 January 2013, for Carretti et al. 2013 "Polarized Radio Outflows from the Centre of the Milky Way" in Nature;
  also in The Australian, ScienceCodex and Nanowerk

• "Man in the Moon tunes into Earth's Radio" ANU press release, 18 December 2012, for McKinley et al. 2013 "Low Frequency Observations of the Moon with the Murchison Widefield Array" in AJ 145-23 (January 2013);
  also "Shh! Proxima Centauri can hear us!" in The Register;
  NOTE our Video Press Release (2:30 minutes on Youtube)
  

• "Providing a clearer view of our early Universe" Curtin University press release, 13 December 2012, for Trott et al. 2012 "The Impact of Point-source Subtraction Residuals on 21cm Epoch of Reionization Estimation" in ApJ 757-101;
  also in PhysOrg and Business Standard

• "Galaxies without Stars - the problem of the missing hydrogen in the early Universe" University of Sydney press release, 12 November 2012, for Curran & Whiting 2012 "Complete ionisation of the neutral gas: why there are so few detections of 21-cm hydrogen in high redshift radio galaxies and quasars" in ApJ 759-117;
  also "Black holes blamed for 'missing' hydrogen" (ABC Science) 16 November 2012

• University of Sydney articles about Associate Investigator Dr Tara Murphy's NSW Young Tall Poppy 2012 award: "Tara Murphy: Young Tall Poppy" and "Dr Tara Murphy wins Young Tall Poppy of the Year" (26 October 2012), "Standing tall - University honoured in science prizes" (5 November 21012)

• "WiggleZ confirms the big picture of the Universe" - Morag Scrimgeour, 21 August 2012

• "Murchison Widefield Array display at the WA Museum - Geraldton" - CAASTRO Outreach, 13 August 2012

• "Australian SKA site producing the goods" - Prof Steven Tingay, SkyInfo, 28 April 2012

• "A new way of looking at the sky" - Asian Correspondent, 16 March 2012

• "Sydney Science Forum: A new way of looking at the sky" - University of Sydney media office, 9 March 2012

• "Swinburne Completing Massive Supercomputer Upgrade" - Dr Jonathon Kocz, Gizmodo, 8 March 2012

• "CAASTRO brings astronomy and music together" - University of Sydney media office, 5 March 2012

• "Reach for the stars" - The Age, 13 February 2012

• "Speech: Brian Schmidt's mathematical argument" - The Australia, 9 February 2012

• "Nobel winner says maths counts" - Canberra Times, 7 February 2012

• "High-schools students pitch ideas to technology entrepreneurs at summer school" - University of Sydney media office, 18 January 2012

• "Swinburne's gSTAR heralds 'mega science'" - Prof Matthew Bailes and Prof Warrick Couch, Swinburne Magazine, 12 December 2011

• Stories of Australian Science by 'Science in Public' (5 December 2011), portraying CAASTRO Chief Investigators and their research:
  "Measuring the Universe from start to finish" - Prof Jeremy Mould, Swinburne University
  "PlayStation graphics chips drive astronomy supercomputer" - Prof Matthew Bailes, Swinburne University
  "Telescope of tiles" - Prof Steven Tingay, Curtin University, and Prof Stuart Wyithe, University of Melbourne
  "Nurturing super astronomers at home" - Prof Elaine Sadler, Dr James Allison, Prof Bryan Gaensler, all University of Sydney
  "Our Universe is getting bigger, faster" - Prof Brian Schmidt, ANU

• "Astrophysicists retreat in Bungendore" - inaugural CAASTRO Annual Retreat at Molonglo Observatory (22/23 November); Braidwood Times, 29 November 2011

• "WA high-tech business helps astronomers discover the Universe" - Prof Steven Tingay, CAASTRO Executive member Education & Outreach; Curtin University Public Relations, 31 October 2011;
  see also: "Australia Business Helps Astronomers Discover the Universe" - 31 October 2011;
  "Revolutionary new telescope in WA" - 1 November 2011;
  "Curtin Uni inks instrument contract for WA radiotelescope"- 1 November 2011

• "Lighting up the universe - Stuart Wyithe wins PM's science prize" - Science Matters, University of Melbourne, 13 October 2011

• "Stuart Wyithe: Malcolm McIntosh Prize for Physical Scientist of the Year" - Science in Public, 12 October 2011

• "Push for perfection with a head in the stars" - about the 'overly busy cosmologist, grape grower, astronomer, wine maker, dad, and husband' Brian Schmidt; Sydney Morning Herald, 6 October 2011

• "ARC congratulates our Nobel Fellow" and "Australian Research Council Congratulates Brian Schmidt on Nobel Prize" (Invest in Australia) - 5 October 2011

• "ANU researcher shares Nobel physics prize" - incl. Brian's current CAASTRO research using the SkyMapper telescope and the Pawsey Supercomputing Centre; ZDNet, 5 October 2011

• "Astrophysicists awarded Nobel Prize" - Science Media Cente, with commentary by CAASTRO Director Bryan Gaensler; 5 October 2011

• "ANU astronomer wins Nobel Prize" - Prof Brian Schmidt, CAASTRO Theme Leader "Dark Universe"; ANU Media Office, 4 October 2011

Photo By Reuters/REUTERS/Leif R. Jansson/Scanpix

• "India part of next-gen radio telescope project with Australia" - Prof Steven Tingay, Curtin University, CAASTRO Executive Education & Outreach; in Firstpost,
  2 October 2011

• "India part of next-generation radio telescope project with Aus" - Prof Steven Tingay, Curtin University, CAASTRO Executive Education & Outreach; in MSN News, 2 October 2011

• "Leading the way in research" - Prof Stuart Wyithe, University of Melbourne, CAASTRO Theme Leader "Evolving Universe"; in UMelb VOICE newspaper,
  12 September - 9 October 2011

• "CAASTRO: a new way of looking at the sky" - University of Sydney media office,
  13 September 2011

• "CAASTRO reaches for the stars" - University of Sydney media office,
  13 September 2011

• "New all-sky astrophysics research centre to tackle the big questions" in The Conversation, 12 September 2011
  
  
• "CAASTRO: a new way of looking at the sky" - University of Sydney media office,
  9 September 2011

• "Frequent Flyer - Bryan Gaensler" - CAASTRO Director; interview with The Age,
  3 September 2011

• "A planet made of diamond" – Prof Matthew Bailes, Swinburne University of Technology, CAASTRO Theme Leader "Dynamic Universe"; Swinburne media office, 26 August 2011
  
  Total of other English sources (25-30 August 2011):
  12x print Australia
  8x print international
  22x broadcast Australia
  1x broadcast international
  8x wires/agencies
  112x online Australia
  220x online international

• "Fellowships reward shining stars" – Prof Stuart Wyithe, University of Melbourne, CAASTRO Theme Leader "Evolving Universe"; in The Australian, 10 August 2011

• "New Chatter on Dark Matter" – Prof Jeremy Mould, Swinburne University of Technology, CAASTRO Chief Investigator in "Evolving Universe" theme; in The Conversation, 15 April 2011

Photo: CAASTRO's Stuart Wyithe in The Australian (credit: David Geraghty)