Natasha Hurley-Walker

Natasha Hurley-Walker

Radio Astronomer, Curtin University

I am a Senior Lecturer and ARC Future Fellow at the Curtin University node of the International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research. I received my PhD in Radio Astronomy from the University of Cambridge in 2010 and have led several large-area radio sky surveys with the Murchison Widefield Array, exploring a wide range of science topics including supernova remnants, galaxy clusters, radio galaxy life cycles, and transient astronomy. I have won several awards, being named a WA Tall Poppies Scientist of the Year (2017), ABC Top 5 Scientist (2018), and Superstar of STEM (2019-2021).

Latest articles by Natasha Hurley-Walker

a fiery red orb in space next two a much smaller white orb

Astronomers have pinpointed the origin of mysterious repeating radio bursts from space

By Natasha Hurley-Walker published

In new research, we have for the first time tracked a fast radio burst back to its source: a common kind of lightweight star called a red dwarf.

Astronomy
a black hole

Scintillating discovery: These distant 'baby' black holes seem to be misbehaving — and experts are perplexed

By Kathryn Ross, Natasha Hurley-Walker published

Radio images of the sky have revealed hundreds of “baby” and supermassive black holes in distant galaxies, with the galaxies’ light bouncing around in unexpected ways.

Black Holes