Gippsland, Coffs Harbour and Brisbane amateur astronomers, each inspired by the Apollo missions, honoured by Australia’s professional astronomers. Each received the Page Medal for discoveries that have guided humanity’s big telescopes. The Gippsland planet hunter Chris Stockdale co-discovered an ‘ultra-hot Neptune’, four ‘super Jupiters’ and several potentially Earth-like planets, all orbiting distant stars. He has…
National recognition for astronomers from Sydney, Canberra, Melbourne and Perth. The Astronomical Society of Australia (ASA) honours six astronomers at its Annual Scientific Meeting in Adelaide this week. “Our 2025 prize winners are investigating how galaxies form and evolve, and developing new tools to explore the cosmos. They are working with some of the most…
Every clear night for decades, Rod Stubbings from Tetoora Road in Gippsland has looked at a set of about 700 stars annually, recording changes in their brightness. He is just one of three people worldwide to have made 400,000 measurements of the brightness of variable stars. His observations have helped astronomers in over a dozen…
National recognition for astronomers from Perth, Canberra, and Melbourne The Astronomical Society of Australia (ASA) will honour the 6 at its Annual Scientific Meeting at the Macquarie University Wallumattagal Campus in Sydney 3-7 July 2023.
Next generation astronomers win national recognition A Sydney student, early-career researchers from Perth and Melbourne, and a fast telescope have received awards for changing our view of our galaxy and the Universe. Our Milky Way may just have two arms, says University of Sydney student Maria Djuric. A rare X-ray blast a thousand times brighter…
Media release Images Background info More about the winners and the award 200 supernovae found by six mates – enabling discoveries about the evolution of stars and the ingredients of life Ex-miner from Broken Hill discovers a massive electrical storm on Saturn and guides NASA mission Two amateur astronomy projects were awarded the 2022 Page…
Astronomical Society of Australia honours stargazers at annual conference Six Australian astronomers will be recognised by the Astronomical Society of Australia (ASA), the country’s professional body for the field.