Vale Bruce Slee
September 1, 2016
Owen Bruce Slee, one of radio astronomy’s pioneers, died on 18 August at the age of 92, just a day after a workshop held at the University of Sydney to […]
ATOA Upgrades and Virtual Observatory Release
August 30, 2016
The Australia Telescope Online Archive (ATOA) and the ATOA Users Guide have recently been upgraded to facilitate downloads of large files and large numbers of files, and to provide support […]
Bruce Slee honoured at “Slee-fest” workshop
August 16, 2016
Bruce Slee is one of the pioneers of radio astronomy and to celebrate his lifetime contribution to the field, the International Astronomical Union has named a planet after him, Minor […]
CASS Undergraduate Vacation Scholarships: Applications Now Open.
August 1, 2016
Our Undergraduate Vacation Scholarships are run over the Australian summer holidays and offers high achieving and promising undergraduate students the opportunity to collaborate with leading CSIRO scientists in our world […]
Position available: Facilities Program Director (Astrophysics)
July 2, 2016
A position is available in CASS for a Facilities Program Director (Astrophysics). For the full job description and to apply see the link below. For further advice please contact Dr […]
Position available: Senior Data Scientist in Astrophysics
May 18, 2016
A position is available in CASS for a Senior Data Scientist in Astrophysics. For the full job description and to apply see the link below. For further advice please contact […]
CSIRO ASKAP Science Data Archive (CASDA): Version 1.2 release
May 3, 2016
CASDA Upgrades ______________ We are pleased to advise that CASDA version 1.2 is now available. This version includes many small changes in response to user feedback that are intended to […]
Quiet up there
April 1, 2016
A recent experiment by the ASKAP team has shown how phased array feed receivers can be used to mitigate the effect of radio frequency interference. This method effectively allows astronomers […]
Getting busy with real data
April 1, 2016
In preparation for the start of the ASKAP Early Science Program, the first ASKAP Community Busy Week was held this week at the Sydney Institute for Astronomy (SIfA). More information.
LIGO makes waves; Australian telescopes follow up
March 8, 2016
Last month, physicists at LIGO made waves with the announcement that elusive gravitational waves – ripples in space time caused by a violent cosmic event taking place in the distant […]
Bye bye, BETA
March 4, 2016
In what is a bittersweet milestone for the ASKAP project, the Boolardy Engineering Test Array – or BETA, as it is known – has officially been decommissioned at the Murchison […]
Change in CASS Director
February 19, 2016
After three successful years leading CSIRO Astronomy and Space Science, Dr Lewis Ball’s term as Director of CASS will come to an end on 17 March. As CASS Director, Lewis […]