Planetary exploration has the potential to drive scientific, technological and commercial innovation — and Curtin has been at the frontier of space and planetary sciences for the past 50 years.
We are the home of two large space research centres – the Space Science and Technology Centre and the Curtin Institute of Radio Astronomy – and collaborate with some of the biggest names in space research, including NASA and Lockheed Martin.
We’re also leading the Murchison Widefield Array project – a low-frequency radio telescope in remote Western Australia, which is a precursor to the Square Kilometre Array telescope –the world’s largest radio telescope.
Our strengths
Earth and planetary science
Spanning a range disciplines, our planetary science teams are delving into the past, present and future of our planet and solar system. Curtin’s Earth Dynamics Research Group is focusing on the distribution, evolution and processes of Earth’s tectonic plates and their relevance to Earth resources and environments.
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.
Curtin’s 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’s geospatial information needs in the Earth, atmospheric and space sciences.
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