POSITION VACANT – Software Scientist

September 9, 2005

The Australia Telescope National Facility (ATNF) is seeking an enthusiastic software scientist to join the New Technology Demonstrator project in the design of the next generation radio telescope systems. More […]

Scholarship Opportunity: CSIRO Postgraduate Scholarships

September 5, 2005

========================================================== CSIRO Postgraduate Scholarships – Closing Date: 6 Nov 2005 ========================================================== For some exceptional students, who will separately obtain an APA or equivalent University scholarship, CSIRO offers a prestigious top-up […]

Mars or other planets not as big as moon

August 24, 2005

An email circulating around the world has many people believing that Mars, or other planets, will appear as big as the Moon this August. This is not the case but […]

Australian SKA Planning Office newsletter – Issue 1 available

August 18, 2005

The first issue of the Australian SKA Planning Office newsletter is now available. More information.

ATCA and Mopra schedules for 2005OCTS are now available

August 4, 2005

The ATCA and Mopra schedules for 2005OCTS (1 October 2005 – 31 March 2006) are now available More information.

2005 ATNF Summer Vacation Scholarships

August 1, 2005

CSIRO Australia Telescope National Facility (ATNF) offers scholarships to graduate and undergraduate students who have completed undergraduate courses of three years or more in Astrophysics, Physics, Mathematics, Computer Science, Electrical […]

CSIRO/Bolton Postdoctoral Fellowships

July 29, 2005

Applications are invited for Bolton/CSIRO Fellowships in astrophysics and/or Square Kilometre Array (SKA) – related strategic research. These are three-year post-doctoral appointments at the ATNF, Australia’s premier radio astronomical facility. […]

Aussie astronomers prepare for smash hit

June 28, 2005

Astronomers at Australia’s national radio and optical observatories will watch as a probe released from a spacecraft slams into a comet about 133 million km away at a speed of […]

View the Dish Live

June 28, 2005

View the famous Parkes radio telescope live via our new webcam. You can see the telescope in action day and night. A new image is uploaded every 30 seconds. Download […]

Double pulsar puts Einstein to the test

June 1, 2005

Einstein has kept his crown. His general theory of relativity, published in 1916, has stood up to the toughest tests astronomers have so far devised – tests based on a […]

Ron Ekers elected a Fellow of the Royal Society

May 31, 2005

Professor R D (Ron) Ekers, Foundation Director of CSIROÂ’s Australia Telescope National Facility and an ARC Federation Fellow, has been elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in the UK […]

IAU General Assembly XXV Final Report Online

May 24, 2005

The IAU General Assembly XXV final report is now available on the ATNF website. More information.