Our Research
Curtin Institute of Radio Astronomy (CIRA) is a multi-disciplinary research institute engaged in a range of projects involving or motivated by radio astronomy. CIRA’s activities draw together academic research and professional staff from a variety of science, engineering, and computing disciplines to tackle unique and demanding challenges in radio astronomy.
Science Program
CIRA academics conduct fundamental astrophysics research across four primary science themes.
Engineering and Operations Program
Advancing radio-astronomy through the development and application of novel technology, techniques and instrumentation.
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A video showing the Aperture Array Verification System (AAVS1.5) and Engineering development Array (EDA2) stations at the Murchison Radio-astronomy Observatory comprising of SKALA 4.1 and “Bowtie” dipole antennas in an SKA-low configuration.