First Stars Project First Stars The First Stars team, led by CI Martin Asplund, are searching for the oldest stars in the Universe, which formed within a few hundred million years after the Big Bang. Some of these stars have survived to the present day and are...
The MWA EoR Project The Murchison Widefield Array – Epoch of Reionisation Project The Murchison Widefield Array (MWA) is a low-frequency radio telescope in the Western Australian desert. Operating between 80 and 300 MHz, it explores many scientific questions. The...
Data Intensive Astronomy The Data Intensive Astronomy (DIA) Program The ASTRO 3D telescopes will collect unprecedented volumes of multi-dimensional datasets, while the Genesis Theoretical Simulations will produce prodigious amounts of theoretical data. These...
Genesis Theoretical Simulations Genesis Theoretical Simulations The ASTRO 3D Genesis Theoretical Simulation program, led by CIs Stuart Wyithe, Chris Power and Darren Croton, uses large-scale super-computer theoretical simulations to study galaxy formation and...