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.
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 […]
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 […]
CSIRO ASKAP Science Data Archive (CASDA): Version 1.1 release
February 12, 2016
We advise that version 1.1 of CASDA is now available. This includes several new features for science users. The main changes compared to version 1.0 (released Nov 2015) are: a) […]
Media: Biases in the world of science
January 12, 2016
*Appeared in The Guardian, 9 January 2016* —– When the prime minister, Malcolm Turnbull, recently announced that his innovation plan would contribute $13m to support greater participation of girls and […]
* ATNF Daily Astronomy Picture *
January 6, 2016
Welcome to the “ATNF Daily Astronomy Picture” (ADAP), brought to you by staff and users of the Australia Telescope National Facility (ATNF). Our aim is to present science and engineering […]
ATCA Legacy Projects — Call for Expressions of Interest
December 22, 2015
CSIRO Astronomy and Space Science intends to implement a program of ATCA Legacy Projects from the 2016OCT semester. Legacy Projects will be large, coherent science investigations, not reproducible by any […]
BETA Data Release Information
November 23, 2015
The ASKAP Commissioning and Early Science (ACES) team are using BETA to carry out a small number of science programs. These have been selected to to explore the astronomy potential […]
ATCA Legacy Projects
November 17, 2015
After receiving advice from the Australia Telescope Steering Committee and consulting with the ATNF user community, CSIRO Astronomy and Space Science (CASS) has decided to begin a program of Legacy […]
CSIRO strengthens expertise in low frequency radio astronomy
September 25, 2015
CSIRO Astronomy and Space Science (CASS) is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr George Heald as a CSIRO Science Leader, specialising in Low Frequency Radio Astronomy. Based in the […]