ATNF Telescope Applications for 2010OCTS
May 18, 2010
Applications for observing time are now invited for the 2010 OCTS semester for the following telescopes: * Australia Telescope Compact Array (ATCA) * Parkes radio telescope * Mopra radio telescope […]
ATUC Open Session Agenda 26th May 2010
May 17, 2010
Dear Users of the Australia Telescope National Facility, The Australia Telescope Users Committee (ATUC) meet regularly to discuss issues that affect users of the ATNF. The Agenda for the Open […]
Postdoctoral position in “Studies of Fundamental Physics using Pulsar Observations”
May 10, 2010
We are advertising for a 3-year postdoctoral research fellow to work at the CSIRO Astronomy and Space Science (previously known as the ATNF) in Sydney, Australia. The successful candidate will […]
Term 2 CASS Education Newsletter Online
May 3, 2010
The CSIRO Astronomy and Space Science Education Newsletter for Term 2, 2010 is now online. In it you can find out more about professional development events including a two-day workshop […]
Astronomy Workshop for Tasmanian Science Teachers
May 3, 2010
CSIRO Astronomy and Space Science in collaboration with the University of Tasmania is running at two-day workshop on astronomy for high school science teachers at the Mount Pleasant Observatory near […]
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 […]
Southern Cross conference on “Cosmic magnetism: From stellar to intergalactic scales”
March 18, 2010
The Southern Cross Astrophysics conference series aim to attract experts with wide ranging skills to discuss a particular astrophysical topic. For this meeting we expect to hear talks and have […]
Honey, I shrunk the receiver
March 17, 2010
CSIRO and Australian company Sapphicon Semiconductor Pty Ltd have signed an agreement to jointly develop a complete radio receiver on a chip measuring just 5 mm x 5 mm that […]
Applications for PULSE@Parkes Observing Slots, April – September 2010 Now Open
March 9, 2010
Observing slots for the PULSE@Parkes April – September semester are now open. Students in Years 10-12 can have a unique experience to control the iconic 64-m Parkes radio telescope remotely […]
First signal received by future telescope
March 3, 2010
The first antenna to be assembled as part of the Australia Square Kilometre Array Pathfinder (ASKAP) telescope, an important precursor to the Square Kilometre Array, has received its first radio […]
Latest Education Newsletter Now Online
February 4, 2010
The first CASS Education Newsletter for 2010 is now available online. It provides details about upcoming CASS teacher workshops and other professional development opportunities. Find out how you can joins […]