General relativity survives gruelling pulsar test
September 15, 2006
Astronomers have used a pair of pulsars orbiting each other, found with CSIROÂ’s Parkes telescope in 2003, to show that EinsteinÂ’s theory of general relativity is correct to within 0.05% […]
SKA News: Industry Newsletter No 8
September 15, 2006
Latest Australian SKA Industry Newsletter is now available More information.
ASAP 2.1 released
September 12, 2006
We are pleased to announce the release of version 2.1 of the ATNF Spectral Analysis Package (ASAP). This software is intended to be used for analysis of spectral line observations […]
Australian SKA Planning Office Newsletter issue 7 now available
September 8, 2006
This special issue of the ASPO newsletter gives an overview of SKA-related projects in Australia and New Zealand. More information.
Part-time position available – Astronomy Research Assistant – Approx 12-15 hours per week
September 1, 2006
The ATNF requires an assistant with a science component to their education, familiarity with computing, use of internet resources and preferably an interest in astronomy, for approximately 12-15 hours per […]
New Assistant Director at the ATNF, leading the xNTD and SKA Phase 1 Theme
August 28, 2006
We have great pleasure in announcing that Dr Dave DeBoer has been appointed as the new Assistant Director at the ATNF, leading the xNTD and SKA Phase 1 Theme. Dave […]
Parkes finds unexpected ‘heartbeats’ in star
August 24, 2006
A US-Australian research team found that a “magnetar” – a kind of star with the strongest magnetic fields known in the Universe – is giving off extraordinary radio pulses, which […]
Job Opportunity – Software Engineer
August 23, 2006
The ATNF has a position available as part of the team working on the development of the xNTD computer capabilities. More information.
Job Opportunity – Software Engineer
August 23, 2006
THE ATNF has a position available as part of the team working on the development of the xNTD computer capabilities. More information.
Job Opportunity – Software Developer
August 23, 2006
The ATNF is building a team to work on the development of the xNTD computer capabilities. More information.
Position available for CSIRO employees – Data Transmission Specialist
August 18, 2006
The ATNF is developing a new generation of instrumentation for radio astronomy that makes increasing use of high-speed digitisers, and capitalises on access to long distance (hundreds of km), high-speed […]
Applications now open for ATNF 2006 Summer Vacation Scholarships
August 2, 2006
Summer vacation scholarships are offered each year at the Australia Telescope National Facility for graduate and undergraduate students who have completed three years or more of undergraduate education in Physics, […]