October 14, 2025
Smeaton et al. present the discovery of two extended, low surface brightness radio continuum sources, both consisting of a near-circular body and an extended tail of emisson, nicknamed Stingray 1 […]
October 13, 2025
Sengar et al. report the discovery and timing of two pulsars from a sample of four circularly polarized sources identified in radio continuum images taken as part of the ASKAP […]
October 10, 2025
Gemma Anderson recently joined CSIRO Space & Astronomy at Kensington as a Research Scientist to work on the Australia Telescope Compact Array (ATCA) rapid response mode. She has spent the […]
October 9, 2025
The SKA Observatory’s 2024 Annual Report is now available, covering a memorable year with the start of deployment of antennas on the SKA telescope sites in Australia and South Africa. […]
October 8, 2025
Advancing Spacecraft Trajectory Design, Analysis, and Prediction within Multi-Body Systems Abstract: Our future in space involves miniaturized satellites for low-cost and rapid access to space, autonomously navigating spacecraft, on-orbit servicing […]
October 7, 2025
BIGCAT is the new GPU-based correlator for ATCA. After installation and engineering commissioning finished, science commissioning began in August, with a team of astronomers putting the telescope through its paces. As […]
October 3, 2025
BIGCAT is the new GPU-based correlator for ATCA. After installation and engineering commissioning finished, science commissioning began in August, with a team of astronomers putting the telescope through its paces. […]
October 2, 2025
Issue 18 of Contact, the SKAO magazine, has just been published. In addition to progress reports on construction activities for SKA_Low and SKA-Mid, this issue considers the impact that SKA […]
October 1, 2025
The effect of evolved star binaries on circumstellar astrochemistry and dust formation Abstract: Low- and intermediate-mass stars disgorge their outer layers during the asymptotic giant branch (AGB) phase, one of […]
September 30, 2025
The 15th workshop of the Pathfinder HI Survey Coordination Committee (PHISCC) was held last week in Cagliari, Sardinia, with good representation from members of the ASKAP spectral-line survey teams and […]
September 29, 2025
This week the annual International Astronautical Congress (IAC) is being held in Sydney, organised by the International Astronautical Federation (IAF). Founded in 1951, the International Astronautical Federation is the world’s […]
September 26, 2025
Radio discovery of Cosmic Dawn Abstract: As First Light from the First Stars transforms the universe from Dark Ages into Cosmic Dawn, the thermal history may be traced in redshifted […]
Welcome to the ATNF Daily Astronomy Picture (ADAP), brought to you by staff and users of the Australia Telescope National Facility (ATNF). Our aim is to present science and engineering results, research highlights from recent publications, technical updates, telescope pictures, conference summaries, etc.
Our site was inspired by the fabulous Astronomy Picture of the Day – @APOD and the ASTRON/Jive Daily Image – @dailyimage.
We welcome all ATNF users to submit an image related to our facilities (Parkes, ATCA, Mopra, ASKAP and LBA), together with a brief description and credits. Submissions can be emailed to the ADAP curator, (phil.edwards [at] csiro.au).
The ADAP was created in December 2014 by Baerbel Koribalski and Simon Johnston. Over 2500 ADAPs have now been published. Vince McIntyre, Nathan Pope, and Andrew O’Brien are acknowledged for their dedicated technical support. The ADAP is currently curated by Phil Edwards.