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A dramatic cosmic, nebulous sky of red and blue over three telescope dishes

Most detailed map of the Universe’s hidden magnetic fields released

June 4, 2026

A new map of the Universe’s magnetic fields revealing how galaxies form and evolve is now available.

An illustration showing a large orange sphere on the left and a much smaller bright object on the right, surrounded by dense looping white lines. A glowing, curved blue-green line goes from the large sphere to the smaller object. The background is dark teal with scattered tiny white specks.

‘Rosetta stone’ for a long period transient

June 3, 2026

A white dwarf star system provides a unique natural laboratory for extreme physics.

Abstract painting on a deep blue background, featuring a central pale blue circle with radiating white dotted lines connecting to multiple smaller circular forms. The surrounding circles vary in size and colour, with concentric dot patterns, creating a starburst-like composition across the canvas.

Congratulations FLASH

May 14, 2026

FLASH has been observing the Universe as it was 4 to 8 billion years ago and was illustrated by Wajarri artist Agnes Boddington. Download the poster!

Many rows and columns of similar looking galaxies

Musing on the sky with AI

August 28, 2025

CSIRO’s ASKAP radio telescope is used by researchers to create enormous maps of the Universe by repeatedly scanning the sky. To generate these maps ASKAP collects data at the rate […]

Interstellar gas of lots of different colours with plenty of stars. One star has been highlighted, with it's name ASKAP J1832

Long period radio transient discovered with matching X-ray signal

June 2, 2025

Discovered in ASKAP and Chandra data, there is no clear explanation for what causes these signals.

Four radio telescope dishes peer into a starry sky

CSIRO innovation ‘sifts’ space for mysteries

January 28, 2025

The first trial of an Australian-developed technology has detected mysterious objects by sifting through signals from space like sand on a beach.

Spinning shining orb with energetic lines coming off it, A pulse beats out of the poles.

The slowest rotating ‘cosmic lighthouse’ yet discovered

January 22, 2025

Distant neutron stars typically spin a full 360 degrees within seconds. However, a new  type of ‘radio transient object’ – so called as they are detected in radio waves – has […]

ASKAP’s Digital Twin

March 1, 2021

Digital twins are virtual replicas of small and large-scale physical objects, buildings, cities, regions and systems, and often incorporate and visualise large amounts of information gathered or streamed in real-time […]

ASKAP team wins 2020 Newcomb Cleveland Prize

February 2, 2021

An ASKAP team led by CSIRO astronomer, Dr Keith Bannister has received the 2020 Newcomb Cleveland Prize, presented by the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Each year since […]

ASKAP guide

February 1, 2021

As ASKAP continues its countdown to full-scale survey operations, exciting discoveries are already emerging from the latest observations. Shortly after the full release of images from the Rapid ASKAP Continuum […]

50 million light-year long gas filament discovered, confirming model of the evolution of the Universe

December 17, 2020

New research published today in the journal Astronomy & Astrophysics describes the discovery of the longest gas filament yet seen. At 50 million light years long, this thread of hot […]

ASKAP detects first solar-like radio burst from Proxima Cen, indicative of coronal mass ejection activity

December 16, 2020

New research published in The Astrophysical Journal on 9 December detailed multiwavelength observations of a powerful flare and associated radio bursts from Proxima Centauri, the nearest star and exoplanet host […]