Mopra schedule for 2004 May term is now available
March 31, 2004
The Mopra schedule for 2004 May term (1 May – 30 September) is now available. More information.
ATCA schedule for 2004 May term is now available
March 17, 2004
The ATCA schedule for the 2004 May term (1 May-30 September) is now available. More information.
ATNF Telescope Applications for 2004 MAYT Term
January 22, 2004
Applications for observing time are now invited for the 2004 MAYT observing term for the following telescopes: * Australia Telescope Compact Array * Parkes radio telescope * Mopra radio telescope […]
Squirty star imitates black hole
January 15, 2004
Scientists using CSIRO’s Australia Telescope near Narrabri in northern NSW have made a discovery that they hope will increase our understanding of a fundamental cosmic process. The team has seen […]
First-Known Double Pulsar Opens Up New Astrophysics
January 9, 2004
An international team of scientists from the UK, Australia, Italy and the USA have announced in the today’s issue of the journal Science Express (8th January 2004) the first discovery […]
A new arm for our Galaxy?
December 17, 2003
Observations made with CSIRO’s Parkes radio telescope and Australia Telescope Compact Array strongly suggest that our Galaxy has an extra ‘spiral arm’, not previously known. More information.
Pulsar find boosts hope for gravity-wave hunters
December 4, 2003
Neutron star pairs may merge and give off a burst of gravity waves about six times more often than previously thought, scientists report in today’s issue of the journal Nature […]
ATCA schedule for January 2004 term available
November 27, 2003
The ATCA schedule for the 2004JANT term (1 January to 1 May) is now available. More information.
Employment opportunity: Web Master / Applications Developer
November 27, 2003
The Australia Telescope National Facility (ATNF) is seeking a highly motivated professional to manage the ATNF Marsfield website on a day-to-day basis and to develop web-based database applications. The successful […]
ANU/ATNF student is ACT’s 2003 Young Australian of the Year
November 27, 2003
The ATNF would like to extend its congratulations to Brad Warren who has been named as the ACT’s Young Australian of the Year for 2003. Brad’s PhD research into galactic […]
Employment opportunity: Electronics engineer
November 25, 2003
The ATNF has a position for a highly motivated person to work in the maintenance, development and commissioning of the Narrabri Observatory’s wide variety of radio astronomy instrumentation. The antennas […]
Employment opportunity: Observatory mechanical engineer
November 4, 2003
Applications are invited for the position of Observatory Mechanical Engineer. The closing date for applications is 1 December 2003. The successful candidate will be responsible for developing and monitoring the […]