Australian telescopes to take part in Huygens space-probe experiment
December 9, 2004
On 14 January 2005, radio telescopes of CSIRO and other Australian institutions will help pinpoint the location of the European Space Agency’s Huygens probe as it plunges through the clouds […]
CSIRO ‘Camera’ Now Boosting World’s Largest Telescope
April 28, 2004
CSIRO-built equipment has been installed on the world’s largest radio telescope to allow it to scan the sky seven times faster than it can now, and see further out into […]
Squirty star imitates black hole
January 15, 2004
Scientists using CSIRO’s Australia Telescope near Narrabri in northern NSW have made a discovery that they hope will increase our understanding of a fundamental cosmic process. The team has seen […]
First-Known Double Pulsar Opens Up New Astrophysics
January 9, 2004
An international team of scientists from the UK, Australia, Italy and the USA have announced in the today’s issue of the journal Science Express (8th January 2004) the first discovery […]
Pulsar find boosts hope for gravity-wave hunters
December 4, 2003
Neutron star pairs may merge and give off a burst of gravity waves about six times more often than previously thought, scientists report in today’s issue of the journal Nature […]
US Ambassador launches Parkes space tracking
November 3, 2003
US Ambassador Tom Schieffer visits CSIRO’s Parkes Observatory in central NSW today to formally launch the Parkes telescope’s tracking of spacecraft that will be studying the planet Mars. The Ambassador’s […]
‘Cosmic dandruff’ mystery solved
May 6, 2003
Recent discoveries made with CSIRO’s Parkes telescope appear to have settled a 40-year-old controversy about the nature of gas clouds that surround our Milky Way Galaxy. Small ‘high-velocity’ clouds of […]
Gas clouds make new telescope
April 9, 2003
CSIRO and overseas astronomers have found a way to harness clouds of gas in space to make a natural ‘telescope’ more powerful than any manmade telescope currently in operation. More […]
Australian-raised researcher is new head of international mega-telescope project
January 3, 2003
The world’s largest radio telescope project has appointed its first international leader. On January 1, the Australian-raised Professor Richard Schilizzi, formerly Director of the Joint Institute for Very Long Baseline […]
CSIRO Medals for ATNF Staff
December 12, 2002
Several ATNF staff were honoured at CSIRO’s annual awards ceremony, held in Parliament House, Canberra, on 10 December. ATNF Assistant Director John Brooks received a Medal for Lifetime Achievement: this […]
Mini black hole may help explain massive ones
October 8, 2002
Scientists using CSIRO’s Australia Telescope and NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory have watched a mini black hole in our Galaxy shoot out ‘jets’ of particles like a cosmic water-pistol. “What they’ve […]
CSIRO To Help Ease NASA’s ”Traffic Jam”
September 6, 2002
When six spacecraft besiege Mars in early 2004, CSIRO will help NASA catch as much data from them as possible. The three tracking stations of NASA’s Deep Space Network – […]