Big step forward for SKA
July 7, 2011
The discovery potential of the future international SKA radio telescope has been glimpsed following the commissioning of a working optical fibre link between CSIROÂ’s Australian SKA Pathfinder (ASKAP) telescope in […]
Aboriginal community names CSIRO telescope
June 7, 2011
The first six antennas of CSIROÂ’s Australian SKA Pathfinder telescope in Western Australia will today receive names in the local Wajarri language. More information.
Working together to take the pulse of the Universe
February 2, 2011
Using the Parkes radio telescope, CSIRO astronomers are working closely with NASA to unlock one of astronomy’s great enigmas – the science behind pulsars. More information.
‘Russian doll’ galaxy reveals black holes’ true power
November 9, 2010
Massive black holes are more powerful than we thought. That’s what astronomers have concluded after using a CSIRO telescope to study what is in effect a miniature galaxy buried inside […]
CSIRO “hot rods” old telescope
October 13, 2010
CSIRO has helped transform the University of SydneyÂ’s radio telescope into a world-class instrument, and along the way has learned lessons for its own ASKAP (Australian SKA Pathfinder) telescope. More […]
A new way to weigh planets
August 24, 2010
An international CSIRO-led team of astronomers has developed a new way to weigh the planets in our Solar System – using radio signals from the small spinning stars called pulsars. […]
Astronomers find cause of “dicky tickers”
June 25, 2010
In todayÂ’s issue of Science (25 June 2010), CSIRO astronomer George Hobbs and colleagues in the UK, Germany and Canada report that they have taken a big step towards solving […]
Natural energy to help power exploration of the Universe
June 15, 2010
The Federal Government has announced today that the CSIRO will receive $47.3 million for the development of solar and geothermal energy technologies to power a radio-astronomy observatory and its supporting […]
Bursting “bubbles” the origin of Galactic gas clouds
May 27, 2010
Like bubbles bursting on the surface of a glass of champagne, ‘bubblesÂ’ in our Galaxy burst and leave flecks of material in the form of clouds of hydrogen gas, researchers […]
Aussies and Kiwis forge a cosmic connection
May 26, 2010
Six radio telescopes across Australia and New Zealand have joined forces to act as one giant telescope, linking up over a distance of 5500 km for the first time. More […]
CSIRO telescope spots mega-star cradle
April 28, 2010
Using a CSIRO radio telescope, an international team of researchers has caught an enormous cloud of cosmic gas and dust in the process of collapsing in on itself – a […]
Award boosts Australian SKA effort
April 9, 2010
CSIRO has been awarded three of the Australian Research Council’s new Super Science Fellowships, worth a total of $835,000 over three years, to develop technology for the international Square Kilometre […]