The Australian Centre for Astrobiology was founded by Prof. Malcolm Walter in July 2001 at Macquarie University, and then moved to the University of New South Wales in 2008. It is the only centre of astrobiological research in Australia and is an Associate Member of the NASA Astrobiology Institute, one of only two in the world. The ACA also has close links with the European Space Agency and other international space agencies and institutions around the world.
The Australian Centre for Astrobiology
News
20 September, 2017: How will people live on Mars?
In August a panel of scientists including the ACA Director Martin Van Kranendonk talked about Mars at a special UNSW Big Questions Institute event at the Sydney Opera House. Here is the recording of that event.
June 21, 2017 Why we need a human mission to Mars
Former and foundation Director of the ACA, Emeritus Prof Malcolm Walter, talks about humans on Mars in an article in The Conversation.
May 16, 2017: We're number one!
The ACA's Nature Communications article on the earliest evidence of life on land has reached number 1! See the numbers here.
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