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Five telescope dishes are viewed from high above, with the Sun just appearing over the distant horizon

A black hole window into the early Universe

July 6, 2026

A unique galaxy provides important insights into the processes that governed the growth of the first black holes.

Two golden balls, representing the neutron stars, are shown colliding. A telescope dish is in the foreground.

New measurement of the Hubble Constant

July 1, 2026

Gravitational waves from a neutron star collision have been used to make a new measurement of the Hubble Constant.

Telescope dishes in morning sunlight

June ATNF News out now

June 23, 2026

Highlights from recent ATUC and ATNF Futures meetings, facility and RFI updates, exciting new data products and LPT science.

A dramatic cosmic, nebulous sky of red and blue over three telescope dishes

Most detailed map of the Universe’s hidden magnetic fields released

June 4, 2026

A new map of the Universe’s magnetic fields revealing how galaxies form and evolve is now available.

An illustration showing a large orange sphere on the left and a much smaller bright object on the right, surrounded by dense looping white lines. A glowing, curved blue-green line goes from the large sphere to the smaller object. The background is dark teal with scattered tiny white specks.

‘Rosetta stone’ for a long period transient

June 3, 2026

A white dwarf star system provides a unique natural laboratory for extreme physics.

Abstract painting on a deep blue background, featuring a central pale blue circle with radiating white dotted lines connecting to multiple smaller circular forms. The surrounding circles vary in size and colour, with concentric dot patterns, creating a starburst-like composition across the canvas.

Congratulations FLASH

May 14, 2026

FLASH has been observing the Universe as it was 4 to 8 billion years ago and was illustrated by Wajarri artist Agnes Boddington. Download the poster!

The illustration shows a pulsar (red sphere) and its strong magnetic field (yellow lines). As the stellar remnant rotates, narrow beams of radio waves (cones) from its poles sweep across the sky and become detectable as regular signals for observers on Earth. The new study suggests that beams may also arise from a region farther out along a 'current sheet'.

Radio signals from the edge of extreme stars

March 30, 2026

New evidence that some of the fastest-spinning stars in the Universe broadcast radio waves from far beyond where scientists thought possible.

A woman is silhouetted against a bright screen covered in points of light and the image of a telescope dish. She is pointing at the screen.

Applications open for Bolton Fellowship

February 24, 2026

Australia’s longest-standing prize fellowship is open for applications.