The Astronomical Society of Australia (ASA) was formed in 1966
as the organisation of professional astronomers in Australia.
Membership of the ASA is open to anyone contributing to the advancement
of Australian astronomy or a closely related field.
Nobel Prize to Brian Schmidt
The 2011 Nobel prize in Physics has been awarded to Perlmutter, Riess and Schmidt "for the discovery of the accelerating expansion of the Universe through observations of distant supernovae". Brian Schmidt is at the ANU / RSAA in Canberra.
See the Nobel Prizes web page.
Respect the Science
Science & Technology Australia (formerly FASTS) have launched a campaign to help Australians
understand how scientific evidence is generated.
Go to the campaign web site and click on "What makes science so credible".
You can also see a 'one-click' 7 minute version on
YouTube.
