Mars or other planets not as big as moon
August 24, 2005
An email circulating around the world has many people believing that Mars, or other planets, will appear as big as the Moon this August. This is not the case but […]
Australian SKA Planning Office newsletter – Issue 1 available
August 18, 2005
The first issue of the Australian SKA Planning Office newsletter is now available. More information.
ATCA and Mopra schedules for 2005OCTS are now available
August 4, 2005
The ATCA and Mopra schedules for 2005OCTS (1 October 2005 – 31 March 2006) are now available More information.
2005 ATNF Summer Vacation Scholarships
August 1, 2005
CSIRO Australia Telescope National Facility (ATNF) offers scholarships to graduate and undergraduate students who have completed undergraduate courses of three years or more in Astrophysics, Physics, Mathematics, Computer Science, Electrical […]
CSIRO/Bolton Postdoctoral Fellowships
July 29, 2005
Applications are invited for Bolton/CSIRO Fellowships in astrophysics and/or Square Kilometre Array (SKA) – related strategic research. These are three-year post-doctoral appointments at the ATNF, Australia’s premier radio astronomical facility. […]
View the Dish Live
June 28, 2005
View the famous Parkes radio telescope live via our new webcam. You can see the telescope in action day and night. A new image is uploaded every 30 seconds. Download […]
Aussie astronomers prepare for smash hit
June 28, 2005
Astronomers at Australia’s national radio and optical observatories will watch as a probe released from a spacecraft slams into a comet about 133 million km away at a speed of […]
Double pulsar puts Einstein to the test
June 1, 2005
Einstein has kept his crown. His general theory of relativity, published in 1916, has stood up to the toughest tests astronomers have so far devised – tests based on a […]
Ron Ekers elected a Fellow of the Royal Society
May 31, 2005
Professor R D (Ron) Ekers, Foundation Director of CSIROÂ’s Australia Telescope National Facility and an ARC Federation Fellow, has been elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in the UK […]
Parkes Projects/Positions Database Released
May 24, 2005
A web interface is now available to an index of Parkes observations. The index should be essentially complete for all observations since 1999, but should also include the large 20cm […]
IAU General Assembly XXV Final Report Online
May 24, 2005
The IAU General Assembly XXV final report is now available on the ATNF website. More information.
ATNF Telescope Applications for 2005 OCTS
May 17, 2005
Applications for observing time are now invited for the 2005 OCT semester for the following telescopes: Australia Telescope Compact Array Parkes radio telescope Mopra radio telescope Tidbinbilla 70-m antenna VLBI […]