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 […]
New leader of CSIRO Astronomy and Space Science division
January 21, 2010
Following an extensive search and selection process, a senior researcher and university executive, Dr Philip Diamond, has been appointed Chief of CSIRO’s Astronomy and Space Science Division. More information.
CSIRO Astronomy and Space Science formed
December 2, 2009
A new Division, CSIRO Astronomy and Space Science (CASS), has been formed bringing together CSIRO’s radio astronomy capabilities (the Australia Telescope National Facility), NASA Operations (including the Canberra Deep Space […]
Nation’s top awards to CSIRO scientists
October 29, 2009
For his achievements in astronomy and wireless technologies, CSIRO’s Dr John O’Sullivan has been recognised with the nation’s pre-eminent science award & the Prime Minister’s Prize for Science. More information.
ASKAP Antenna Passes Factory Testing
October 12, 2009
Australia Telescope National Facility staff travelled to China at the end of September 2009 to undertake factory acceptance testing of the first Australian Square Kilometre Array Pathfinder (ASKAP) 12-metre antenna. […]