LAMBDA Mini Workshop
November 5, 2026
KAIST (the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology) and ATNF have established the KAIST–ATNF Joint Research Centre for Low-Frequency VLBI. The centre’s primary objective is to develop and deploy […]
Detecting HI Self-Absorption using neural networks
November 4, 2026
Neutral hydrogen (HI) is the dominant baryonic component of the interstellar medium (ISM). Cold atomic hydrogen plays a crucial role in the life cycle of interstellar gas. It serves as […]
Detecting HI Self-Absorption using neural networks
November 3, 2026
Neutral hydrogen (HI) is the dominant baryonic component of the interstellar medium (ISM). The ISM is a thermally inhomogeneous medium in which the reservoir of HI gas exists in a […]
A rapidly rotating Ultra-Cool Dwarf
November 2, 2026
Ultracool dwarfs (UCDs) occupy the regime between low-mass stars and giant exoplanets. The interiors of UCDs are fully convective, making them key laboratories for testing stellar dynamo theory. de Ruiter […]
The DEM L36 superbubble in the Large Magellanic Cloud
October 30, 2026
Massive star-forming regions are important laboratories for our understanding of stellar feedback mechanisms in galaxies. They often contain superbubbles, large cavities of hot, shock-heated gas powered by massive stellar winds […]
From Nancy to New Norcia
October 29, 2026
NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope was launched on August 30 and is continuing its journey to an L2 orbit, 1.5 million kilometres away from Earth. Named after NASA’s first […]
ATNF Colloquium — Cristina Cordun (ASTRON)
October 28, 2026
Pushing LOFAR to its limits: What do VLBI and decametre astronomy have in common? Abstract LOFAR is a unique radio telescope, capable of observing at very low radio frequencies while […]
Gariwang
October 27, 2026
Gariwang is the new browser-based interface for observing with Murriyang, the Parkes 64-m radio telescope. It is used to create and save Parameter Sets, schedule observations with the Telescope Operating […]
Gariwang
October 26, 2026
Murriyang is evolving, and so are the tools that help astronomers explore the Universe! Gariwang is the new browser-based interface for observing with Murriyang, the Parkes 64-m radio telescope, and […]
New mural at Parkes Observatory Visitors Centre
October 22, 2026
A newly commissioned Mural was unveiled earlier this month at the Parkes Observatory Visitors Centre. “From Country, Through Time” by local Wiradjuri artist, Scott ‘Sauce’ Towney, stretches along 10 metres […]
ATNF Colloquium — Benito Marcote (Joint Institute for VLBI ERIC)
October 21, 2026
Unveiling the nature of Fast Radio Bursts with the AstroFlash Project Artist impression of the localization of FRB 20180916B with the European VLBI Network and the Gemini Telescope. Credit: D. […]
ASKAP Monitoring of the Rubin Deep Drilling Fields
October 20, 2026
The Vera C. Rubin Observatory is undertaking the most comprehensive census of the time-variable optical-sky ever conducted – the Legacy Survey of Space and Time (LSST). The bulk of Rubin […]
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