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August 12, 2009

Students from three Melbourne high schools will take control of CSIRO’s famous Parkes telescope in NSW using the internet today (Wednesday August 12) and post their results on Twitter. More […]

July 21, 2009

The world will get the first glimpse of what the historic Apollo 11 moonwalk really looked like thanks to the exceptional footage taken from Australian telescopes. More information.

July 7, 2009

CSIRO astronomers have revealed the hidden face of an enormous galaxy called Centaurus A, which emits a radio glow covering an area 200 times bigger than the full Moon. More […]

June 10, 2009

A CSIRO invention lies at the heart of the wireless networks that are now the most popular way to connect computers without wires. More information.

May 22, 2009

Researchers have witnessed a star being transformed into an object that spins at almost 600 times a second, using telescopes in the USA and the Netherlands, and CSIRO?s Parkes radio […]

May 13, 2009

Australia’s position as a world leader in radio astronomy has been strengthened with the announcement in the Federal Budget of $80million of funds for the Australian National Centre for SKA […]

May 4, 2009

ABC Radio National will broadcast a 50-minute program on the Parkes telescope, “The sound of the Universe singing”, at 14:05 AEST, Saturday 9 May. More information.

April 23, 2009

A major upgrade to CSIRO’s Australia Telescope Compact Array, which will turn the instrument’s data stream into a torrent, is almost completed. More information.

April 22, 2009

The latest auSka newsletter is now available at http://www.atnf.csiro.au/news/auska-newsletter in both hi-res and low-res format. Highlights of this issue include: * reports from the recent Intl SKA Forum in Cape […]

April 3, 2009

CSIRO’s Parkes telescope is taking part in a 24-hour webcast from professional observatories, “Around the World in 80 Telescopes”. Parkes is scheduled for 11.20 am Saturday 4 April. “Around the […]

March 31, 2009

Visitors and ATNF staff travelling to Parkes should note that from Monday 4 May 2009 airport transfers to and from the site will be by Taxi. Please specify on your […]

March 18, 2009

Schools are encouraged to apply for one of the new observing slots now available for PULSE@Parkes sessions from May to September 2009. PULSE@Parkes is an innovative project that provides high […]