Synchronised telescope dance puts limits on mysterious flashes in the sky
October 31, 2018
The ASKAP and Murchison Widefield Array (MWA) telescopes at the Murchison Radio-astronomy Observatory in Western Australian have taken a coordinated approach to look for mysterious fast radio bursts (FRBs). While […]
Astronomers witness slow death of nearby galaxy
October 31, 2018
Astronomers from ANU and CSIRO have witnessed, in the finest detail ever, the slow death of the Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC), which is gradually losing its power to form stars. […]
A search for the host galaxy of FRB 171020
October 31, 2018
A new paper in Astrophysical Journal Letters outlines a possible location for one of 20 recently identified fast radio bursts (FRBs). Narrowed down to a galaxy near our own, this […]
Aussie telescope almost doubles known number of mysterious ‘fast radio bursts’
October 17, 2018
Australian researchers using a CSIRO radio telescope in Western Australia have nearly doubled the known number of ‘fast radio bursts’— powerful flashes of radio waves from deep space. More information.
Postdoctoral fellowship positions available
October 5, 2018
CSIRO Astronomy and Space Science currently has three postdoctoral fellowship positions open. Please follow the links below for more details. Bolton Postdoctoral Fellow, Radio Astronomy https://jobs.csiro.au/job/Negotiable-Bolton-Postdoctoral-Fellow/507876000/​ Applications close: Tuesday 6 […]
Applications for PULSE@Parkes sessions for Oct 2018 – March 2019 now open
September 7, 2018
Applications are now open for schools who wish to apply for a PULSE@Parkes observing session. We have slots available from October 2018 through March 2019. Students will control the 64m […]
Applications now open for 2018/19 CASS Undergraduate Vacation Scholarships
July 13, 2018
Get hands-on research experience Access CSIRO’s world-class facilities Apply for a CSIRO Vacation Scholarship today! Our Undergraduate Vacation Scholarships are run over the Australian summer holidays and offer high achieving […]
Astronomers observe the magnetic field of the remains of Supernova 1987A
July 2, 2018
For the first time, astronomers have directly observed the magnetism in one of astronomy’s most studied objects: the remains of Supernova 1987A (SN 1987A), a dying star that appeared in […]
Discovery in the sky with nanodiamonds
June 11, 2018
A faint and mysterious stream of microwaves emanating from star systems far out in the Milky Way could be caused by tiny diamonds. New research led by researchers at Cardiff […]
Telescope’s ‘bionic ear’ hears more of the Universe
May 15, 2018
New technology installed on CSIRO’s Parkes radio telescope today will let astronomers ‘hear’ a wider range of radio waves from objects in space, opening the way to new science. The […]
First publication from MeerKAT a significant milestone
April 6, 2018
South Africa’s MeerKAT radio telescope has been used to observe a magnetar that awoke in 2017 from a 3-year slumber, and the results have been published in the first science […]