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The Astronomical Society of Australia is an organisation whose members contribute to the advancement of Australian astronomy and related sciences.
Last week marked three years until the 2028 Australian eclipse! ☀️🌑🌏

In just under three years, on 22 July 2028, Australia will experience one of nature’s most breathtaking phenomena – a total solar eclipse.

🔗 Read more here:
eclipse.asa.astronomy.org.au/three-years-...
Three Years To Go | ASA Eclipse
eclipse.asa.astronomy.org.au
July 28, 2025 at 12:48 PM
🏅 Anne Green Prize for a Significant Advance or Accomplishment by a Mid-Career Scientist 🏅

Models of galaxy formation across cosmic epochs, A/Prof Claudia Lagos @cdplagos.bsky.social, ICRAR/ UWA

📖 Learn more about SHARK: ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2018MNRA...

Congratulations, Claudia! 👏 🎉 🏆
July 15, 2025 at 1:24 PM
🏅 Charlene Heisler Prize for Outstanding PhD Thesis 🏅

🌌 Detecting gravitational waves with pulsars, Dr Matthew Miles @astromattmiles.bsky.social, Swinburne University (now at Vanderbilt University, USA)

Congratulations, Matthew! 👏 🎉 🏆
July 15, 2025 at 12:17 AM
🏅 Emerging Leaders in Astronomy Software Development Prize sponsored by Australian Research Data Commons 🏅

🌌 Cosmic pulses and stellar bursts: a tool for decoding radio transients, Dr Joshua Preston Pritchard, CSIRO

💻 Check out the code here: doi.org/10.5281/zeno...

Congratulations, Joshua! 👏 🎉 🏆
July 11, 2025 at 2:07 AM
🏅 Bok Prize for Outstanding Research by an Honours Student or eligible Masters Student 🏅

🌌 Our wandering neighbours – the Hercules stream, Li Yusen, The Australian National University

Congratulations, Yusen! 👏 🎉 🏆
July 10, 2025 at 1:01 PM
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Congratulations to my former student Joshua Pritchard for winning this year's @astrosocaus.bsky.social "Emerging Leaders in Astronomy Software Development Prize" for his software package "DStools".

Here's a short write-up:
www.atnf.csiro.au/news/recogni...

#RadioAstronomy
July 10, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Today marks the release of the @science.org.au 2026-2035 decadal plan for astronomy 🎉 It was officially launched by NCA Chair @drgin.bsky.social, and provides a strategic vision for Australian astronomy over the coming decade. Thank you to all involved! 👏 🌌 🎊

www.science.org.au/news-and-eve...
A new plan for Australia to remain an astronomy world-leader
The plan provides the vision and priorities for Australian astronomy over the coming decade. Cover artwork by Noeleen Hamlett, Wajarri Yamaji. Australian scientists are on the verge of answering
www.science.org.au
July 9, 2025 at 12:23 PM
🏅 Louise Webster Prize for Outstanding Research by a Scientist Early in their Post-Doctoral Career 🏅

🌌 Galactic winds stopped big galaxies from growing, Dr Rebecca Davies, Swinburne University

📖 Read the paper here: ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2024MNRA...

Congratulations, Rebecca! 👏 🎉 🏆
July 9, 2025 at 3:23 AM
Congratulations to all the winners of the 2025 ASA prizes: Li Yusen, Dr Matthew Miles @astromattmiles.bsky.social, Dr Rebecca Davies, A/Prof Claudio Lagos @cdplagos.bsky.social, Dr Joshua Pritchard and Prof Naomi McClure-Griffiths 👏🏅 Find out more: www.scienceinpublic.com.au/media-releas...
July 8, 2025 at 5:12 AM