Further information available from Dan Werthimer colloquium (2 July 2015)
July 24, 2015
On Tuesday 2 July 205, Dan Werthimer (University of California, Berkeley) held a colloquium at the Marsfield headquarters of CSIRO Astronomy and Space Science, entitled: SETI and CASPER. During this […]
2015 Eureka Prizes finalists announced
July 24, 2015
CSIRO’s Dr Lisa Harvey-Smith has been named a finalist in this year’s Australian Museum Eureka Prizes. While her day job is ASKAP Project Scientist, Lisa is also a dynamic communicator […]
ATNF’s TAC in the news during busy week of time assignment
July 23, 2015
The Marsfield headquarters of CSIRO Astronomy and Space Science welcomed the ABC to site this week, during the meetings of the ATNF Time Assignment Committee (TAC). CSIRO operates a number […]
CSIRO and Internet investor Yuri Milner strike deal for ET search
July 20, 2015
The Breakthrough Prize Foundation has signed a multi-million dollar agreement with CSIRO to use the organisation’s 64-m Parkes radio telescope in eastern Australia to search for extraterrestrial intelligence. The search […]
2015/2016 CASS Undergraduate Vacation Scholarship Program: Applications Now Open
July 20, 2015
Applications are now open for the 2015/2016 CSIRO Astronomy and Space Science Undergraduate Vacation Scholarships. The 2015/16 Vacation Scholarship Program is designed to provide students with the opportunity to work […]
Energy Made Clean to build off-grid solar power station for ASKAP
July 17, 2015
CSIRO has appointed EMC Solar Construction to engineer, procure and construct a 1.6 MW Solar Power Station at the Murchison Radio-astronomy Observatory (MRO), home to CSIRO’s newest radio telescope, ASKAP. […]
Australia embarks on SKA telescope treaty negotiations
July 16, 2015
Parliamentary Secretary for Industry and Science, Karen Andrews, today announced a new step towards realising Australia’s ambition to host next-generation radio telescope, the Square Kilometre Array (SKA). Visiting Australia’s SKA […]
Media Release: Australia captures world first close-ups of Pluto
July 14, 2015
After nine-and-a-half years and just over five billion kilometres, the much anticipated and incredibly long awaited close-up view of Pluto is only hours away. CSIRO’s Canberra Deep Space Communication Complex […]
Balagardi Barnagardi launched in Canberra for NAIDOC week
July 10, 2015
A pop-up art exhibition was launched this week in Canberra, in celebration of artwork from the Wajarri Yamatji and the connection they have with the country in the remote Mid-West […]
Media Release: We’ve revealed a galaxy far, far away…
July 10, 2015
Astronomers have revealed a galaxy five billion light-years away, using CSIRO’s newest radio telescope, the Australian SKA Pathfinder, in remote Western Australia. CSIRO’s Dr James Allison led a research team […]