Gamma-Ray Burst Mystery Solved: Exploding Stars the Culprit

May 16, 2002

Australian telescopes have helped provide the clinching evidence that gamma-ray bursts – the biggest bangs in the Universe – are produced when massive stars explode and their cores collapse to […]

Equipment Built At “The Dish” Goes To China

May 15, 2002

On Monday 20 May staff at CSIRO’s Parkes Observatory ­ home of “the Dish” ­ will pack a special delivery for the Urumqi Astronomical Observatory in far western China. It’s […]

ATNF Newsletter available online

April 15, 2002

The February 2002 edition of the ATNF News is now available online. More information.

ATNF Marsfield website launched!

March 14, 2002

This week we have released the new-look central ATNF web site. We hope you find this easier to use and to navigate. Inevitably some of the links on our previous […]

Science Minister McGauran Visits the ATNF

March 12, 2002

The Australia Telescope National Facility and the Anglo-Australian Observatory were proud to host a visit on the 15th of February by the Federal Minister for Science, the Honorable Peter McGauran, […]

Astronomers find star stretched to bursting point

February 21, 2002

Astronomers have found a weird double-star system – a super-fast spinning pulsar whose gravity has deformed its companion star into a giant red teardrop. The discovery was made by astronomers […]

CSIRO-TRW Alliance Explores Speedy Semiconductors

January 22, 2002

CSIRO and U.S. telecommunications giant TRW have formed a strategic alliance to develop high-performance gallium arsenide and indium phosphide components for radio astronomy, advanced millimetre-wave sensors and telecommunications systems. More […]