Shaw Prize for Astronomy awarded to astronomers for the discovery of fast radio bursts

November 15, 2023

This year’s Shaw Prize for Astronomy has been jointly awarded to Matthew Bailes, Duncan Lorimer and Maura McLaughlin

ATCA gives new view of a supernova remnant 1E 0102.2–7219

November 14, 2023

Astronomers using using ATNF instruments to study a supernova remnant in a neighbouring galaxy have revealed new high-resolution images of the object made using ATCA. The international team observed SNR […]

ASKAP update for October 2023

October 30, 2023

This month we report on survey progress, ingest cluster maintenance, the latest CASDA release and several new science data processing software features. More information.

Record-breaking fast radio burst offers astronomers path to weigh the Universe

October 26, 2023

Astronomers using ASKAP discovered an eight-billion-year-old burst of energy, demonstrating that we can detect and measure matter between galaxies. The discovery opens a path to using fast radio bursts to […]

Astronomers using ASKAP reveal cosmic ribbon around rare galaxy

September 21, 2023

International astronomers using our ASKAP radio telescope have revealed a galaxy wrapped in a cosmic ‘ribbon’. The research, led by Dr Nathan Deg and Dr Kristine Spekkens from Queen’s University […]

ASKAP update for August 2023

August 15, 2023

This month’s ASKAP update reports on maintenance activities and some of the interesting features found during data validation efforts. More information.

First data release of RACS-mid

August 3, 2023

The first data release from RACS-mid is available now, with Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia publishing the associated research paper ‘The Rapid ASKAP Continuum Survey IV: continuum imaging […]

Astronomers find new type of stellar object

July 20, 2023

An international team led by astronomers from ICRAR has discovered a new type of stellar object. Thought to be an ultra-long period magnetar, it challenges our understanding of the physics […]

ASKAP update for July 2023

July 18, 2023

This month’s ASKAP update reports on survey operations, maintenance activities, data quality and the SMART Observatory Project designed to characterise ASKAP’s RFI environment. More information.

Astronomers identify the coldest star yet that emits radio waves

July 14, 2023

Astronomers using data collected by our ASKAP telescope have shown that a small, faint star is the coldest on record to produce emission at radio wavelength. The ‘ultracool brown dwarf’ […]

Silver Pleaides award to CSIRO Space and Astronomy

July 11, 2023

We are honoured that CSIRO’s Space and Astronomy business unit, which manages the ATNF, has received a Silver Pleiades award from the Astronomical Society of Australia’s Inclusion, Diversity and Equity […]

Astronomers find possible ‘fingerprints’ of gravitational waves

June 29, 2023

Astronomers using data collected by our Parkes radio telescope, Murriyang, have found their strongest evidence yet for low-frequency gravitational waves. For nearly 20 years the Parkes Pulsar Timing Array collaboration […]