All-sky Radio Transient Monitor workshop
August 7, 2025
The image above shows the participants at the one-day workshop held earlier this week to explore the scientific opportunities and technical priorities for a proposed all-sky radio transient monitor. The […]
ATNF Colloquium — Sanne Bloot (ASTRON / Kapteyn Astronomical Institute)
August 6, 2025
From exoplanets to long-period transients: Coherent radio emission from binary systems Abstract: Many binary systems produce coherent radio bursts, from the Jupiter-Io system to star-planet interactions to systems as exotic as […]
ATNF Colloquium — Mattias Lazda (University of Toronto)
August 5, 2025
The CHIME/FRB Outriggers: Project Overview and Commissioning Results Abstract: The CHIME/FRB Outriggers are a network of radio telescopes spanning continental North-America. Designed specifically for localizing fast radio bursts (FRBs) to
Science Cases for an All-Sky Radio Transient Monitor
August 4, 2025
A one-day workshop to explore the scientific opportunities and technical priorities for a proposed all-sky radio transient monitor is being held today at Marsfield (and on-line). The goal of this […]
An ASKAP Catalogue of Galactic Supernova Remnants and Candidates
August 1, 2025
Supernovae and their remnants are the mechanism by which a star’s energy and the heavy elements produced in its core are dispersed back into the interstellar medium (ISM). They play […]
An ASKAP Catalogue of Galactic Supernova Remnants and Candidates
July 31, 2025
Supernovae and their remnants are the mechanism by which a star’s energy and the heavy elements produced in its core are dispersed back into the interstellar medium (ISM). They play […]
ATNF Colloquium – Erin Hestir (Uni. of California, Merced)
July 30, 2025
From Genes to Pixels: Advancing Invasion Science and Restoration through Integrated Observation Abstract: More than 3 billion people around the world lack access to reliable information about the quality of […]
The Dynamic Radio Sky
July 29, 2025
The Dynamic Radio Sky 2025 conference is being held this week at the University of Sydney. The meeting is bringing together astronomers from around the world to share their research […]
The Dynamic Radio Sky
July 28, 2025
The Dynamic Radio Sky 2025 conference is being held this week in Sydney. With recent advances and discoveries in radio astronomy, the meeting will bring together astronomers from around the […]
A new long period transient detected from radio to X-rays
July 25, 2025
Long-period radio transients (LPTs) are an emerging group of radio transients that show periodic polarised radio bursts with periods varying from a few minutes to a few hours. Fewer than […]
A new long period transient detected from radio to X-rays
July 24, 2025
Long-period radio transients (LPTs) are an emerging group of radio transients that show periodic polarised radio bursts with periods varying from a few minutes to a few hours. Fewer than […]
ATNF Colloquium – Alex Cooper (University of Oxford)
July 23, 2025
Magnetar Mysteries: Tales of Two Radio Transients Abstract: Magnetars, highly magnetized neutron stars, are responsible for the most energetic transient events observed in the Milky Way. Their extreme magnetic environments enable […]
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