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. […]

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 […]

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 […]