The February ATNF News out now
February 27, 2025
A new year means a big announcement in our February newsletter: meet our new leadership team! You can also find out more on the pulsar catalogue, get updates on BIGCAT development, see an old galaxy in new detail, chase a zooming pulsar and relive the early days of computing.
Apply now for 2025APR semester observing time
December 11, 2024
We’re pleased to announce that proposals for ATNF observing time are now open for the 2025APR semester, Grab your chance to use one of the world’s most advanced radio astronomy facilities.
The October ATNF News out now
October 28, 2024
Catch up on our latest developments, upgrades, events, and research headlines in our October edition. Hear about a mysterious long-period transient; get updates on CryoPAF and CRACO commissioning; and discover what accessibility means for websites.
ATNF releases our vision for the next decade
September 6, 2024
Australia is currently in the midst of developing a plan for the next decade of astronomy, reviewing infrastructure, instrumentation, education and more across the spectrum.
ATCA becomes stellar ‘speed camera’ in world-first measurement
April 2, 2024
For the first time, the super-fast speeds of a neutron star’s powerful jets have been recorded by CSIRO’s Australia Telescope Compact Array on Gomeroi Country and the European Space Agency’s […]
Access to ASKAP data update
February 7, 2024
16 Feb 2024: The majority of archival ASKAP data is now available via the CASDA portal and we’re currently migrating recent data deposits. No data has been lost. We anticipate […]
ATNF part of research into anonymising infrastructure applications
February 1, 2024
The Office of the Women in STEM Ambassador Initiative has released their findings into the effectiveness of anonymising applications for gender equality and the promotion of early career researchers. Our […]
Ultra-deep ATCA Imaging of 47 Tucanae Reveals a Central Compact Radio Source
January 25, 2024
A team of astronomers led by Alessandro Paduano (ICRAR/Curtin) have published the results of an ultra-deep radio continuum survey, containing 480 hr of observations, of the Galactic globular cluster 47 […]
Immersive VR goes beyond being there
December 14, 2023
In Going beyond being there to bring astronomy to the world, Vanessa Moss (and co-authors Aidan Hotan, Emily Kerrison, and Ron Ekers) discuss a collaborative project showcasing how VR can […]
Astronomers using ASKAP catch radio waves from supermassive black holes
December 6, 2023
An international team of astronomers using our ASKAP radio telescope have detected radio waves from 40 large galaxies in the nearby universe. Researchers led by Michael J. I. Brown of […]
RACS-mid second data release (DR2)
November 23, 2023
Out now: The second data release (DR2) of RACS-mid1 set of curated and combined images made from the 1493 tiles observed as part of RACS-mid1 at 1367.5 MHz (with 144 […]
ASKAP Update for November 2023
November 21, 2023
This month’s ASKAP update reports on survey progress, the latest ASKAPsoft pipeline software release and plans to improve ASKAP’s astrometry. Successful guest science PIs from the current semester should have […]