Almost 50 years ago Jocelyn Bell built a new telescope with her supervisor Antony Hewish that had an unusual property: it had high time resolution. The radio sky was thought to only change on long timescales but this new telescope's ability to explor...
Radio pulsars are the super-dense cores of once-massive stars, composed almost entirely of neutrons. Although their diameters are some 20km, they spin very rapidly. Whilst a normal pulsar rotates about once a second, the millisecond pulsars rotate at...
In this video Professor Matthew Bailes discusses the capabilities of Swinburne University's 'Green Machine', its newest supercomputer.Through the power of the Green Machine, Swinburne Astronomers have made exciting discoveries, like the diamond plane...
Swinburne's Pro Vice-Chancellor (Research), Professor Matthew Bailes explains the transformation of a once-massive star that's been transformed into a small planet made of diamond. Credit: Swinburne Astronomy Productions.
Video imagery of the CSIRO 64m radio telescope which is located in Parkes, New South Wales, Australia, 2012.
This one-day multi-disciplinary event brought together Swinburne staff, researchers, PhD students, software developers, and project managers involved in e-Research activities across the University.
Last year, Swinburne was touched by great sadness when our Deputy Vice-Chancellor for Research and Development, George Collins, passed away unexpectedly in November. George was a highly respected applied physicist, trusted colleague and friend of Swi...
George Collins opens an event at Swinburne University of Technology's Design Factory in 2014.
This one-day multi-disciplinary event brought together Swinburne staff, researchers, PhD students, software developers, and project managers involved in e-Research activities across the University.
Radio pulsars are the super-dense cores of once-massive stars, composed almost entirely of neutrons. Although their diameters are some 20km, they spin very rapidly. Whilst a normal pulsar rotates about once a second, the millisecond pulsars rotate at...
