Gamma-Ray Burst Mystery Solved: Exploding Stars the Culprit

May 16, 2002

Australian telescopes have helped provide the clinching evidence that gamma-ray bursts – the biggest bangs in the Universe – are produced when massive stars explode and their cores collapse to […]

Equipment Built At “The Dish” Goes To China

May 15, 2002

On Monday 20 May staff at CSIRO’s Parkes Observatory ­ home of “the Dish” ­ will pack a special delivery for the Urumqi Astronomical Observatory in far western China. It’s […]

Astronomers find star stretched to bursting point

February 21, 2002

Astronomers have found a weird double-star system – a super-fast spinning pulsar whose gravity has deformed its companion star into a giant red teardrop. The discovery was made by astronomers […]

CSIRO-TRW Alliance Explores Speedy Semiconductors

January 22, 2002

CSIRO and U.S. telecommunications giant TRW have formed a strategic alliance to develop high-performance gallium arsenide and indium phosphide components for radio astronomy, advanced millimetre-wave sensors and telecommunications systems. More […]