Tropical cyclone Seroja and our sites in Western Australia
April 12, 2021
Tropical cyclone Seroja crossed the coast of Western Australia north of the city of Geraldton overnight. We’re currently in touch with our staff based in Geraldton and all are safe […]
Applications open for a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Radio Astronomy Surveys
March 30, 2021
We are seeking a PhD graduate or Early Career Researcher to join CSIRO Astronomy and Space Science in an exciting role aimed at conducting science with the Rapid ASKAP Continuum […]
CSIRO’s Dish to support one of the first commercial Moon landings
March 26, 2021
The iconic Parkes radio telescope, owned and operated by Australia’s national science agency, CSIRO, will help businesses to literally reach for the Moon by providing ground station support for one […]
Applications for March – September 2021 PULSE@Parkes Sessions Now Open
March 2, 2021
Schools are invited to apply to take part in a free PULSE@Parkes observing session. These sessions involve students using the iconic 64m Parkes radio telescope, Murriyang, in a live remote […]
ASKAP’s Digital Twin
March 1, 2021
Digital twins are virtual replicas of small and large-scale physical objects, buildings, cities, regions and systems, and often incorporate and visualise large amounts of information gathered or streamed in real-time […]
ASKAP team wins 2020 Newcomb Cleveland Prize
February 2, 2021
An ASKAP team led by CSIRO astronomer, Dr Keith Bannister has received the 2020 Newcomb Cleveland Prize, presented by the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Each year since […]
ASKAP guide
February 1, 2021
As ASKAP continues its countdown to full-scale survey operations, exciting discoveries are already emerging from the latest observations. Shortly after the full release of images from the Rapid ASKAP Continuum […]
50 million light-year long gas filament discovered, confirming model of the evolution of the Universe
December 18, 2020
New research published today in the journal Astronomy & Astrophysics describes the discovery of the longest gas filament yet seen. At 50 million light years long, this thread of hot […]
50 million light-year long gas filament discovered, confirming model of the evolution of the Universe
December 17, 2020
New research published today in the journal Astronomy & Astrophysics describes the discovery of the longest gas filament yet seen. At 50 million light years long, this thread of hot […]
ASKAP detects first solar-like radio burst from Proxima Cen, indicative of coronal mass ejection activity
December 16, 2020
New research published in The Astrophysical Journal on 9 December detailed multiwavelength observations of a powerful flare and associated radio bursts from Proxima Centauri, the nearest star and exoplanet host […]
ASKAP delivers extraordinary first all-sky survey
December 1, 2020
Our Australian Square Kilometre Array Pathfinder (ASKAP) telescope has conducted its first survey of the entire southern sky in record speed and detail, creating a new atlas of the Universe. […]
ASKAP’s first all-sky survey
November 29, 2020
When ASKAP was first designed over a decade ago, its goal was to conduct large-scale surveys as quickly as possible. Today, we realised that goal with the publication of ASKAP’s […]