ATNF Town Hall at the ASA
July 8, 2026
Over the last decade, a regular event at the Annual Scientific Meetings of the Astronomical Society of Australia has been an ATNF Town Hall, and the 2026 ASA Annual Science […]
ASA Annual Scientific Meeting
July 7, 2026
One of the principal activities of the Astronomical Society of Australia is the Annual Scientific Meeting, held in July each year to bring together astronomers from around Australia. The meeting […]
NAIDOC Week 2026
July 6, 2026
National NAIDOC Week celebrations are held across Australia in the first week of July each year (Sunday to Sunday). NAIDOC Week celebrates and recognises the history, culture and achievements of […]
RACS-low2 circular polarisation detections
July 3, 2026
Duchesne et al. present a new data release from the Rapid ASKAP Continuum Survey (RACS), a widefield snapshot radio survey conducted with the Australian SKA Pathfinder. This data release contains the […]
New clues on astronomy’s biggest stalemate
July 2, 2026
Knowing how fast the universe is expanding is fundamental for astronomers. The Hubble constant sets the cosmic scale for our measurements, enabling us to determine the true distance and size […]
ATNF Colloquium — Macon Magno (Texas A&M University)
July 1, 2026
A Complete Census of the Properties of Radio-Quiet AGN in the Local Universe: Implications for Black Holes and AGN Feedback. Various morphologies of 22 GHz Swift-BAT selected AGN taken with the […]
RACS-low2: images and catalogues at 887.5 MHz
June 30, 2026
Duchesne et al. present a new data release from the Rapid ASKAP Continuum Survey (RACS), a widefield snapshot radio survey conducted with the Australian SKA Pathfinder. This data release contains […]
Precise Measurement of the Absolute Sky Brightness at 60–350 MHz
June 29, 2026
McKay et al. present a precision measurement of radio sky brightness over 60–350 MHz. Accurate knowledge of the radio sky over these frequencies is essential for modelling foregrounds in experiments […]
The Pulsar Wind Nebula, Thunder
June 26, 2026
Lazarevic et al. report the discovery of a bow-shock pulsar wind nebula (PWN), dubbed Thunder, powered by the radio pulsar PSR J1631−4722 and projected within the Galactic supernova remnant (SNR) […]
EMU discovery of Thunder
June 25, 2026
Lazarevic et al. report the discovery of a bow-shock pulsar wind nebula (PWN), dubbed Thunder, powered by the radio pulsar PSR J1631−4722 and projected within the Galactic supernova remnant (SNR) […]
ATNF Colloquium — Hariharan Krishnan (SKAO)
June 24, 2026
Enabling Next-Generation Solar and Heliospheric Science with SKA-Low Signal Processing Abstract: The Square Kilometre Array-Low (SKA-Low) telescope represents a transformative leap forward for low-frequency radio astronomy. Operating across the 50–350 […]
ATCA at sunrise
June 23, 2026
A recent view of the Australia Telescope Compact Array at sunrise. One can infer a couple of things about this image — it was taken during a maintenance period, as […]
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.
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