CSIRO ASKAP Science Data Archive (CASDA): Version 1.1 release
February 12, 2016
We advise that version 1.1 of CASDA is now available. This includes several new features for science users. The main changes compared to version 1.0 (released Nov 2015) are: a) […]
Further progress towards SKA intergovernmental organisation
February 1, 2016
Friday 29 January, Rome, Italy: The second meeting of the preparatory negotiations towards establishing SKA Organisation as an intergovernmental organisation (IGO) regulated by a treaty has just ended in Rome, […]
A bright start to 2016 for ASKAP renewables
February 1, 2016
Progress on the solar power station for the Australian SKA Pathfinder (ASKAP) telescope has been powering ahead at the Murchison Radio-astronomy Observatory in Western Australia throughout January. More information.
Media: Biases in the world of science
January 12, 2016
*Appeared in The Guardian, 9 January 2016* —– When the prime minister, Malcolm Turnbull, recently announced that his innovation plan would contribute $13m to support greater participation of girls and […]
* ATNF Daily Astronomy Picture *
January 6, 2016
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 […]
ATCA Legacy Projects — Call for Expressions of Interest
December 22, 2015
CSIRO Astronomy and Space Science intends to implement a program of ATCA Legacy Projects from the 2016OCT semester. Legacy Projects will be large, coherent science investigations, not reproducible by any […]
Eleven year cosmic search leads to black hole rethink
December 22, 2015
One hundred years since Einstein proposed gravitational waves as part of his general theory of relativity, an 11-year search performed with the Parkes telescope has shown that an expected background […]
2015: An ASKAP year to remember
December 21, 2015
The end of the year is a time to reflect on the major achievements of the Australian SKA Pathfinder (ASKAP) project in 2015, thanks to the team staff based in […]
New PAFs ‘on the verge’ of surpassing BETA
December 18, 2015
Commissioning activities with the newest ASKAP receivers (Mk II) have produced an image from 25 beams, with early data indicating the performance of the Mk II systems may be on […]
Supercomputing resources secured for ASKAP Early Science
December 16, 2015
CSIRO has teamed up with leading scientists from the ASKAP early science projects to secure 750,000 core hours of processing time on the largest research supercomputer in the Southern Hemisphere. […]
Exotic pulsar theories confirmed with BETA
December 14, 2015
The latest paper to be published from ASKAP has used commissioning data to confirm theoretical predictions of an exotic intermittent pulsar almost 6,000 light years away. The paper, A pilot […]
Australia welcomes the SKA to the ‘ideas boom’
December 9, 2015
On Monday 7 December, the Australian Government took an important step towards hosting the SKA when the Prime Minister announced a provisional funding allocation for the project as part of […]