The mystery of a new, perfectly shaped supernova remnant
September 4, 2025
Filipovic et al. present the serendipitous radio-continuum discovery of a likely Galactic supernova remnant (SNR) G305.4–2.2. This object displays a remarkable circular symmetry in shape, making it one of the […]
An EMU Catalogue of DRAGNs
September 3, 2025
Norris et al. present a catalogue of 3557 Double Radio sources associated with Active Galactic Nuclei (DRAGNs) from the First Pilot Survey of the Evolutionary Map of the Universe (EMU), observed […]
An EMU Catalogue of DRAGNs
September 2, 2025
Norris et al. present a catalogue of 3557 Double Radio sources associated with Active Galactic Nuclei (DRAGNs) from the First Pilot Survey of the Evolutionary Map of the Universe (EMU), observed […]
Welcome Jishnu Thekkeppattu
September 1, 2025
Jishnu Thekkeppattu recently joined CSIRO Space and Astronomy at Marsfield as a CERC Fellow. Jishnu earned his PhD in experimental low frequency cosmology from Curtin University. His thesis work was […]
Wear It Purple Day
August 29, 2025
Wear It Purple strives to foster supportive, safe, empowering and inclusive environments, particularly for LGBTQIA+ young people. Wear it Purple was founded in 2010 in response to global stories of […]
ATCA Observations Reveal Mysteries of the Cosmic Hand
August 28, 2025
A massive star ends its life in a cataclysmic supernova explosion. The aftermath is a cloud of hot gas called a supernova remnant (SNR) and a pulsar could also be […]
ATNF Colloquium — Arpan Pal (NCRA, Pune)
August 27, 2025
When Clusters Collide and Telescopes Misbehave: Low-frequency Polarization Properties of Radio Relics with uGMRT Abstract: When galaxy clusters collide at thousands of kilometers per second, they create cosmic particle accelerators […]
ATNF Colloquium — Rick Perley (NRAO)
August 26, 2025
Precision Meter-wavelength Polarimetry with the Jansky Very Large Array Abstract:Accurate imaging polarimetry at centimeter — meter wavelengths requires removal of the highly variable ionospheric Faraday rotation (IFRM) with an accuracy […]
An EMU Catalogue of DRAGNs
August 25, 2025
Norris et al. present a catalogue of 3557 Double Radio sources associated with Active Galactic Nuclei (DRAGNs) from the First Pilot Survey of the Evolutionary Map of the Universe (EMU), […]
AP-RASC 2025
August 21, 2025
The 2025 URSI Asia-Pacific Radio Science Conference is being held in Sydney from 17-22 August 2025. Each of the ten Commissions includes a Keynote Lecture in its program. Commission E, which […]
ATNF Colloquium — Rowina Nathan (Monash University)
August 20, 2025
Understanding the gravitational wave background: pulsar timing arrays and skymapping Abstract:In June 2023, members of the International Pulsar Timing Array (IPTA) released coordinated evidence for the gravitational wave background. In […]
AP-RASC 2025
August 19, 2025
The 2025 URSI Asia-Pacific Radio Science Conference is being held in Sydney from 17-22 August 2025. During the Opening Ceremony, it was noted that the triennial AP-RASC conference had been […]
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