Position available: Bolton Fellowship in Wide-field radio astronomy
September 26, 2013
Applications are invited for the 2014 Bolton Fellowship in Wide-field radio astronomy. This is a prestigious three-year postdoctoral fellowship to be taken at CASS. Applications close 18 November 2014. Apply […]
ASKAP PAF system wins Engineering Excellence award
September 23, 2013
ASKAP’s innovative new receiver technology – the phased array feed (PAF) – has picked up the ‘Innovations and Inventions’ award at the Sydney branch Engineering Excellence Awards ceremony for Engineers […]
ASKAP gains Early Adopter access to supercomputer
September 20, 2013
Recently, the iVEC Pawsey Centre in Perth saw successful installation of its supercomputing facilities – which include partitions for multi-purpose research and real-time processing of radio astronomy data from major […]
Magnetic field may shape “blooming” star
September 16, 2013
A star is “blooming” in the southern sky — and astronomers using a CSIRO telescope are a step closer to knowing why. More information.
Mark McKinnon to lead SKA Dish Array Consortium
September 9, 2013
CSIRO Astronomy and Space Science Chief Lewis Ball has announced that Dr Mark McKinnon will soon join CSIRO as a member of CASS and of the team developing the SKA […]
Plans underway for CSIRO ASKAP Science Data Archive
September 6, 2013
While commissioning continues with the Australian SKA Pathfinder (ASKAP) telescope at the Murchison Radio-astronomy Observatory (MRO) in Western Australia, planning is now also underway for a core computing component – […]
CSIRO telescope marks 25 years of success
August 28, 2013
One of the world’s most successful astronomy observatories, CSIRO’s Australia Telescope Compact Array near Narrabri, NSW, turns 25 years of age on 2 September. More information.
Pulsars make a GPS for the cosmos
August 20, 2013
CSIRO scientists have written software that could guide spacecraft to Alpha Centauri, show that the planet Nibiru doesn’t exist … and prove that the Earth goes around the Sun. More […]
First full VLBI session held at Marsfield SOC
August 20, 2013
During 14-19 August, a VLBI session was held in the Science Operations Centre (SOC) at Marsfield’s CSIRO Astronomy and Science (CASS) headquarters. The five-day observing session marked a significant milestone, […]
ASKAP Telescope Receives SIEF Grant
August 9, 2013
CSIRO’s newest radio telescope, the Australian SKA Pathfinder (ASKAP) has been awarded a $6m grant under the Science and Industry Endowment Fund (SIEF). The funding will help ensure that the […]
Positive response to ASKAP Early Science Workshop
August 7, 2013
In May 2013, CSIRO announced that there would be a program of early science observations on the Australian SKA Pathfinder (ASKAP) telescope. The astronomy community was asked for input on […]
Multi-beam image validates ASKAP BETA system design
July 26, 2013
The ASKAP team has produced the first multi-beam image with the ASKAP BETA system, with the new hardware correlator installed at the Murchison Radio Observatory (MRO) in Western Australia. More […]