Australian researchers give weight to NASA neutron star study
July 16, 2024
Nearly 30 years of data from CSIRO’s Parkes telescope and NASA’s NICER have revealed a nearby neutron star’s mass, helping scientists predict gravitational waves from neutron star collision – the key to understanding how these extreme objects collapse into black holes.
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July 4, 2024
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ATNF astronomer wins Louise Webster Prize 2024
June 25, 2024
Dr Andrew Zic has received the Astronomical Society of Australia’s Louise Webster Prize for 2024.
Call for proposals for the 2024OCT semester
June 6, 2024
Proposals for observing time are now invited for the 2024OCT semester.
Unprecedented behaviour detected from nearby magnetar
April 9, 2024
Captured by cutting-edge radio telescope technology, a chance reactivation of a magnetar has revealed an unexpectedly complex environment.
ATCA becomes stellar ‘speed camera’ in world-first measurement
April 2, 2024
For the first time, the super-fast speeds of a neutron star’s powerful jets have been recorded by CSIRO’s Australia Telescope Compact Array on Gomeroi Country and the European Space Agency’s […]
Access to ASKAP data update
February 7, 2024
16 Feb 2024: The majority of archival ASKAP data is now available via the CASDA portal and we’re currently migrating recent data deposits. No data has been lost. We anticipate […]
ATNF part of research into anonymising infrastructure applications
February 1, 2024
The Office of the Women in STEM Ambassador Initiative has released their findings into the effectiveness of anonymising applications for gender equality and the promotion of early career researchers. Our […]
Ultra-deep ATCA Imaging of 47 Tucanae Reveals a Central Compact Radio Source
January 25, 2024
A team of astronomers led by Alessandro Paduano (ICRAR/Curtin) have published the results of an ultra-deep radio continuum survey, containing 480 hr of observations, of the Galactic globular cluster 47 […]
Immersive VR goes beyond being there
December 14, 2023
In Going beyond being there to bring astronomy to the world, Vanessa Moss (and co-authors Aidan Hotan, Emily Kerrison, and Ron Ekers) discuss a collaborative project showcasing how VR can […]
Astronomers using ASKAP catch radio waves from supermassive black holes
December 6, 2023
An international team of astronomers using our ASKAP radio telescope have detected radio waves from 40 large galaxies in the nearby universe. Researchers led by Michael J. I. Brown of […]
RACS-mid second data release (DR2)
November 23, 2023
Out now: The second data release (DR2) of RACS-mid1 set of curated and combined images made from the 1493 tiles observed as part of RACS-mid1 at 1367.5 MHz (with 144 […]