{"id":117232,"date":"2021-07-28T04:10:26","date_gmt":"2021-07-28T04:10:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/research\/?page_id=117232"},"modified":"2026-07-21T12:48:51","modified_gmt":"2026-07-21T04:48:51","slug":"space-and-astronomy","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/research\/research-areas\/space-and-astronomy\/","title":{"rendered":"Space and astronomy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">Planetary exploration has the potential to drive scientific, technological and commercial innovation \u2014 and Curtin has been at the frontier of space and planetary sciences for the past 50 years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">We are the home of two large space research centres \u2013 the Space Science and Technology Centre (SSTC) and the Curtin Institute of Radio Astronomy (CIRA) \u2013 and collaborate with some of the biggest names in space research, including NASA and JAXA.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">We\u2019re also leading the Murchison Widefield Array (MWA) project \u2013 a low-frequency radio telescope in remote Western Australia, which is a precursor to the SKA \u2013 the world\u2019s largest radio telescope.<\/p>\n\n\n<mimas-block \n        block-name=\"video-panel\"\n        role=\"complementary\"\n        aria-label=\"Video panel\"\n        data-variant=\"content\"\n        data-type=\"short\"\n        data-segment=\"all\">\n\n    \n\n    \n<a class=\"video\" href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/J2SlWFWsSOc?si=ge6CFaqHfeFgnOLL?mute=1\" target=\"_blank\" data-fancybox data-ratio=\"16:9\" data-options='{\"smallBtn\" : \"true\"}'>\n                \n        <div class=\"video__button\" data-variant=\"large\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\"\n                src=\"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/CIRA-scaled.jpg\"\n                alt=\"Radio astronomy researchers working on a component of the Murchison Widefield Array - play video\"\n                srcset=\"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/CIRA-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/CIRA-740x370.jpg 740w, https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/CIRA-768x386.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/CIRA-1920x500.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/CIRA-1536x772.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/CIRA-2048x1029.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/CIRA-480x240.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/CIRA-1260x630.jpg 1260w, https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/CIRA-1520x760.jpg 1520w\"\n                sizes=\"(min-width: 2560px) 2560px, (min-width: 1920px) 1920px, (min-width: 1440px) 1440px, (min-width: 1024px) 1024px, (min-width: 768px) 768px\" loading=\"lazy\">\n    <\/div>\n<\/a>\n\n            <div class=\"video-panel__content\">\n                            <h4> CIRA, the Curtin Institute of Radio Astronomy<\/h4>\n            \n                            <p>The Curtin Institute of Radio Astronomy (CIRA) is Curtin\u2019s link with the International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research (ICRAR). We are proud to have helped bring the Square Kilometre Array to Australia and we look forward to working with our partners to make the telescope a reality.<\/p>\n\n            \n                    <\/div>\n    <\/mimas-block>\n\n<mimas-block \n        block-name=\"tabs\"\n        role=\"complementary\"\n        aria-label=\"Tabs\"\n        data-segment=\"all\"\n        data-easy-tabs>\n\n    \n<div class=\"block-heading\"\n     data-segment=\"dom\"\n     data-style=\"\"\n     data-align=\"default\"\n>\n\n                                <h2 class=\"block-heading__title \" id=\"our-strengths\">Our strengths<\/h2>\n            \n                        \n                        \n            \n                <\/div>\n\n    <div class=\"grid tabs--vertical \">\n    <div class=\"tab-group-wrap tab-group-wrap--sticky\">\n        <ul role=\"tablist\" class=\"tab-group\">\n                                                <li role=\"presentation\" class=\"tab-group__item\">\n                        <a href=\"#tabpanel-dom-earth-and-planetary-science\"\n                           role=\"tab\"\n                           aria-selected=\"true\"\n                           aria-controls=\"tabpanel-dom-earth-and-planetary-science\"\n                           id=\"tab-dom-earth-and-planetary-science\"\n                           class=\"tab-group__link\">\n                            Earth and planetary science\n                        <\/a>\n                    <\/li>\n                                    <li role=\"presentation\" class=\"tab-group__item\">\n                        <a href=\"#tabpanel-dom-binar-space-program\"\n                           role=\"tab\"\n                           aria-selected=\"false\"\n                           aria-controls=\"tabpanel-dom-binar-space-program\"\n                           id=\"tab-dom-binar-space-program\"\n                           class=\"tab-group__link\">\n                            Binar Space Program\n                        <\/a>\n                    <\/li>\n                                    <li role=\"presentation\" class=\"tab-group__item\">\n                        <a href=\"#tabpanel-dom-radio-astronomy\"\n                           role=\"tab\"\n                           aria-selected=\"false\"\n                           aria-controls=\"tabpanel-dom-radio-astronomy\"\n                           id=\"tab-dom-radio-astronomy\"\n                           class=\"tab-group__link\">\n                            Radio astronomy\n                        <\/a>\n                    <\/li>\n                                    <li role=\"presentation\" class=\"tab-group__item\">\n                        <a href=\"#tabpanel-dom-meteorite-and-asteroid-characterisation\"\n                           role=\"tab\"\n                           aria-selected=\"false\"\n                           aria-controls=\"tabpanel-dom-meteorite-and-asteroid-characterisation\"\n                           id=\"tab-dom-meteorite-and-asteroid-characterisation\"\n                           class=\"tab-group__link\">\n                            Meteorite and asteroid characterisation\n                        <\/a>\n                    <\/li>\n                                    <li role=\"presentation\" class=\"tab-group__item\">\n                        <a href=\"#tabpanel-dom-space-situational-awareness\"\n                           role=\"tab\"\n                           aria-selected=\"false\"\n                           aria-controls=\"tabpanel-dom-space-situational-awareness\"\n                           id=\"tab-dom-space-situational-awareness\"\n                           class=\"tab-group__link\">\n                            Space situational awareness\n                        <\/a>\n                    <\/li>\n                                    <\/ul>\n    <\/div>\n\n    <div class=\"tabs__tabs\" role=\"presentation\">\n                                    <div role=\"tabpanel\"\n                     aria-labelledby=\"tab-dom-earth-and-planetary-science\"\n                     id=\"tabpanel-dom-earth-and-planetary-science\"\n                     class=\"content tab-content--desktop\">\n                    <h3 class=\"h2\">Earth and planetary science<\/h3>\n                    <p>Spanning a range disciplines, our planetary science teams are delving into the past, present and future of our planet and solar system. Curtin\u2019s Earth Dynamics Research Group is focusing on the distribution, evolution and processes of Earth\u2019s tectonic plates and their relevance to Earth resources and environments.<\/p>\n<p>The Western Australian Geodesy Group is using advanced instrumentation and computer software to develop high-resolution gravity field models of the Moon and Mars, making them freely available for science and education.<\/p>\n<p>Curtin\u2019s Global Navigation Satellite Systems Research Centre is developing theory, models, methods and algorithms that will enable the next generation of Global Navigation Satellite Systems to meet tomorrow\u2019s geospatial information needs in the Earth, atmospheric and space sciences.<\/p>\n\n                <\/div>\n                            <div role=\"tabpanel\"\n                     aria-labelledby=\"tab-dom-binar-space-program\"\n                     id=\"tabpanel-dom-binar-space-program\"\n                     class=\"content tab-content--desktop\">\n                    <h3 class=\"h2\">Binar Space Program<\/h3>\n                    <p>Curtin&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.binarspace.com\/\">Binar Space Program<\/a>, pronounced BIN-ah, and named after the Nyungar word for &#8216;shooting star&#8217;, launched Western Australia&#8217;s very first satellites into space.<\/p>\n<p>These highly advanced &#8220;cubesat&#8221; spacecraft are engineered and operated by Curtin staff and students, and the program collaborates with schools, industry, and science partners (including AVI, QL Space, CSIRO, and German Aerospace Centre DLR) to develop and deploy payloads for real-world missions.<\/p>\n<p>Launched in 2017, the program has already deployed four satellites and is now developing its next generation.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to carrying eight experiments designed, built and delivered by WA high school students, Binar 5, 6 and 7 will test advanced technologies for future deep space missions and demonstrate new Earth observation and navigation systems.<\/p>\n\n                <\/div>\n                            <div role=\"tabpanel\"\n                     aria-labelledby=\"tab-dom-radio-astronomy\"\n                     id=\"tabpanel-dom-radio-astronomy\"\n                     class=\"content tab-content--desktop\">\n                    <h3 class=\"h2\">Radio astronomy<\/h3>\n                    <p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/astronomy.curtin.edu.au\">Curtin Institute of Radio Astronomy<\/a> founded, maintains and operates the Murchison Widefield Array (MWA) \u2014 a ground breaking low-frequency radio telescope. The MWA has been used to shed new light on the evolution of Earth\u2019s ionosphere and identify more than 300,000 new radio galaxies.<\/p>\n<p>While it is a scientific marvel in its own right, the MWA is also a precursor to the Square Kilometre Array (SKA) \u2014 the world\u2019s largest radio telescope, with a collecting area of up to a million square metres. Curtin is partnering with CSIRO and The University of Western Australia to construct the array\u2019s Australian-based component, which is nearing completion.<\/p>\n\n                <\/div>\n                            <div role=\"tabpanel\"\n                     aria-labelledby=\"tab-dom-meteorite-and-asteroid-characterisation\"\n                     id=\"tabpanel-dom-meteorite-and-asteroid-characterisation\"\n                     class=\"content tab-content--desktop\">\n                    <h3 class=\"h2\">Meteorite and asteroid characterisation<\/h3>\n                    <p>The research team at Curtin&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/research.curtin.edu.au\/sstc\">Space Science and Technology Centre<\/a> (SSTC) are world-leaders in analysis of meteorites, helping unravel the history of the Solar System and planetary bodies within it. Characterisation of meteorites recovered by its <a href=\"https:\/\/dfn.gfo.rocks\/\">Desert Fireball Network<\/a> allow findings to be linked to our solar system by calculating their orbits. These meteorites typically come from Mars, the Moon, Vesta, asteroids fragments and other parent bodies in the solar system.<\/p>\n<p>SSTC played a key role in NASA&#8217;s ambitious <a href=\"https:\/\/science.nasa.gov\/mission\/osiris-rex\/\">OSIRIS-REx mission<\/a>, analysing pristine 4.6 billion-year-old samples returned from asteroid Bennu. The work has produced several major findings about the early Solar System, with the team identifying unaltered extraterrestrial salts such as sodium carbonates and halite, pointing to ancient flowing brine on Bennu and offering insight into icy bodies like Ceres and Enceladus. They also found bio-essential sugars including ribose and glucose alongside amino acids, strengthening evidence that the molecular building blocks of life exist elsewhere in the Solar System. Beyond these discoveries, Curtin&#8217;s compositional analysis of the asteroid material is feeding into planetary defence research, relevant given Bennu&#8217;s small estimated chance of impacting Earth in roughly 150 years.<\/p>\n\n                <\/div>\n                            <div role=\"tabpanel\"\n                     aria-labelledby=\"tab-dom-space-situational-awareness\"\n                     id=\"tabpanel-dom-space-situational-awareness\"\n                     class=\"content tab-content--desktop\">\n                    <h3 class=\"h2\">Space situational awareness<\/h3>\n                    <p>Partnering with Lockheed Martin Space Systems on the FireOPAL project, we\u2019re using ground-based sensors to track space debris and satellites in orbit, helping to preserve the space environment over Australia and reduce the risk of collisions.<\/p>\n<p>Our <a href=\"https:\/\/dfn.gfo.rocks\/\">Desert Fireball Network<\/a> is a network of autonomous digital observatories across Australia that\u2019s tracking meteorites and fireballs and determining their pre-entry orbits and fall positions for recovery. The project is expanding to become the Global Fireball Observatory, with stations in the USA, UK, Canada, Morocco and Saudi Arabia to locate meteorites across an area greater than 20 million square kilometres.<\/p>\n\n                <\/div>\n                        <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/mimas-block>\n\n<mimas-block  block-name=\"description-list\" role=\"complementary\" aria-label=\"Description list\" data-segment=\"all\">\n\n\t\n\n\t\n\t\n\t<div class=\"list\">\n            <div class=\"list__item\">\n            \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t            \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"image-border-is-rounded crop-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Indrus.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Indrus-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Indrus-740x370.jpg 740w, 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behind the Murchison Widefield Array, CIRA leads the way in low-frequency radio astronomy from remote Western Australia.<\/p>\n                                            <a\n    href=\"https:\/\/research.curtin.edu.au\/cira\"\n    class=\"ico-link--arrow\"\n    target=\"_top\" aria-label=\"Learn more\">Learn more<\/a>                                    <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                    <div class=\"checkered-item\">\n                                                                \n                <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/240829_B234_Deployed_Panel_02-1260x630-1.jpg\"\n                     alt=\"Binar spacecraft deployed\"\n                     srcset=\"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/240829_B234_Deployed_Panel_02-1260x630-1-150x150.jpg 150w, 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src=\"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/mars-crater-2000x1000-1-aspect-ratio-2-1.jpg\"\n                     alt=\"School of Earth and Planetary Sciences\"\n                     srcset=\"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/mars-crater-2000x1000-1-aspect-ratio-2-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/mars-crater-2000x1000-1-aspect-ratio-2-1-740x370.jpg 740w, https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/mars-crater-2000x1000-1-aspect-ratio-2-1-768x384.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/mars-crater-2000x1000-1-aspect-ratio-2-1-1000x500.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/mars-crater-2000x1000-1-aspect-ratio-2-1-1536x768.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/mars-crater-2000x1000-1-aspect-ratio-2-1.jpg 2000w, 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<div class=\"thumb__meta\" dir=\"ltr\">\n                    <time datetime=\"\" class=\"article-date\">8 Jul 2026<\/time>\n                <\/div>\n                        <\/div>\n<\/div>\n                                                                \n<div class=\"thumb\" onclick=\"location.href='https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/research\/news\/dancing-jets-from-black-hole-reveal-their-immense-power?type=media'\">\n    <div class=\"thumb__nail\">\n                    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/research\/news\/dancing-jets-from-black-hole-reveal-their-immense-power?type=media\" target=\"_top\">\n                                                                                                                    <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"thumb-img\"\n                         src=\"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/SCENE-4-0-00-12-09-1920x500.jpg\"\n                         alt=\"\u2018Dancing jets\u2019 from black hole reveal their immense 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new, expansive view of the Milky Way reveals our Galaxy in unprecedented radio colour\"\n                         srcset=\"\"\n                         sizes=\"(min-width: 2560px) 2560px, (min-width: 1920px) 1920px, (min-width: 1440px) 1440px, (min-width: 1024px) 1024px, (min-width: 768px) 768px\"\n                         loading=\"lazy\">\n                            <\/a>\n            <\/div>\n    <div class=\"thumb__content\">\n                                \n                        \n                    \n                    <h3 class=\"thumb__title no-chevron\">\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/research\/news\/a-new-expansive-view-of-the-milky-way-reveals-our-galaxy-in-unprecedented-radio-colour?type=media\" target=\"_top\">A new, expansive view of the Milky Way reveals our Galaxy in unprecedented radio colour<\/a>\n            <\/h3>\n                        <p class=\"article-excerpt\">Astronomers from the International Centre of Radio Astronomy Research (ICRAR) have created the largest low-frequency radio colour image of the&hellip;<\/p>\n        \n                                                            <div class=\"thumb__meta\" dir=\"ltr\">\n                    <time datetime=\"\" class=\"article-date\">29 Oct 2025<\/time>\n                <\/div>\n                        <\/div>\n<\/div>\n                                                                \n<div class=\"thumb\" onclick=\"location.href='https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/research\/news\/curtin-powers-global-push-to-find-life-on-mars-and-advance-autonomy?type=media'\">\n    <div class=\"thumb__nail\">\n                    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/research\/news\/curtin-powers-global-push-to-find-life-on-mars-and-advance-autonomy?type=media\" target=\"_top\">\n                                                                                                                    <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"thumb-img\"\n                         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