CSIRO Science Leader position advertised: Massive data challenges in the era of the SKA
May 19, 2019
A position as CSIRO Science Leader with CSIRO Astronomy and Space Science (CASS) has been advertised to spearhead a new “Massive Data†effort that leverages CASS’s world-leading expertise in radio […]
Congratulations Dr Lewis Ball!
May 8, 2019
CASS welcomes the appointment of Lewis Ball to SKA Director of Operations. Lewis is well known to many staff in CASS, having joined CSIRO in 2001 as Deputy OiC at […]
Research Scientist position in Observational Radio Astronomy advertised
February 16, 2019
CSIRO are seeking to appoint an experienced Research Scientist to carry out worldâ€class research using facilities associated with CSIRO Astronomy and Space Science (CASS) and its partners, including the Australian […]
Congratulations Ron Ekers and Elaine Sadler
January 26, 2019
Prof. Ron Ekers and Prof. Elaine Sadler have today been made Officers in the Order of Australia (AO). Elaine, our new ATNF Chief Scientist, received her award for distinguished service […]
WA telescope set to outdo Large Hadron Collider
January 15, 2019
A trial detector for ‘cosmic rays’ with a CSIRO-built ‘backend’ (processor) has been set up alongside the Murchison Widefield Array (MWA) at CSIRO’s Murchison Radio-astronomy Observatory (MRO) in Western Australia. […]
Why ATCA is following the cosmic Cow
January 14, 2019
AT2018cow, nicknamed “the Cow” was an incredibly luminous event, brighter than almost any supernova ever seen before. An international network of telescopes including ATCA (the Australia Telescope Compact Array) has […]
Synchronised telescope dance puts limits on mysterious flashes in the sky
October 31, 2018
The ASKAP and Murchison Widefield Array (MWA) telescopes at the Murchison Radio-astronomy Observatory in Western Australian have taken a coordinated approach to look for mysterious fast radio bursts (FRBs). While […]
A search for the host galaxy of FRB 171020
October 31, 2018
A new paper in Astrophysical Journal Letters outlines a possible location for one of 20 recently identified fast radio bursts (FRBs). Narrowed down to a galaxy near our own, this […]
Astronomers witness slow death of nearby galaxy
October 31, 2018
Astronomers from ANU and CSIRO have witnessed, in the finest detail ever, the slow death of the Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC), which is gradually losing its power to form stars. […]
Aussie telescope almost doubles known number of mysterious ‘fast radio bursts’
October 17, 2018
Australian researchers using a CSIRO radio telescope in Western Australia have nearly doubled the known number of ‘fast radio bursts’— powerful flashes of radio waves from deep space. More information.
Postdoctoral fellowship positions available
October 5, 2018
CSIRO Astronomy and Space Science currently has three postdoctoral fellowship positions open. Please follow the links below for more details. Bolton Postdoctoral Fellow, Radio Astronomy https://jobs.csiro.au/job/Negotiable-Bolton-Postdoctoral-Fellow/507876000/​ Applications close: Tuesday 6 […]