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Multi-frequency pulse profiles of the PSR J1631–4722. The blue curves represent the best-fit exponential scattering model profiles. (Ahmad et al.)

Discovery of a young pulsar in the supernova remnant G336.7+0.5

January 14, 2025

The detection of pulsars associated with supernova remnants (SNRs) and/or pulsar wind nebulae (PWNe) is crucial for unraveling their formation history, yet the association with a radio pulsar is observed […]

An ASKAP 888 MHz radio continuum image from the RACS survey showing the supernova remnant G336.7+0.5 with the putative pulsar wind nebula enclosed in the black rectangle. (Ahmad et al.)

Discovery of a young pulsar in the supernova remnant G336.7+0.5

January 13, 2025

The detection of pulsars associated with supernova remnants (SNRs) and/or pulsar wind nebulae (PWNe) is crucial for unraveling their formation history, yet associations with radio pulsars are observed in only […]

Radio (top) and gamma-ray (bottom) light-curves showing time-variability of the narrow-line Seyfert 1 galaxy PMN J0948+0022. (Shao et al.)

The variability of narrow-line Seyfert 1 galaxies with the ATCA

January 10, 2025

Shao et al. present multifrequency radio data for a sample of Narrow-Line type 1 Seyfert (NLS1) galaxies, studying the long-term radio variability of five sources and comparing it to their […]

Pptical/NIR images of the three high-redshift sources discovered in RACS. The solid orange circle indicates the optical position, while the dashed red circle is the uncertainty of the RACS radio position. (Ighina et al. 2025)

Three new high-redshift galaxies discovered in RACS

January 9, 2025

The Rapid ASKAP Continnum Survey (RACS) has produced detailed images and catalogues of the radio sky, which have been widely used by the international astronomy community. Ighina et al. present […]

Three new high-redshift galaxies discovered in RACS

January 8, 2025

The Rapid ASKAP Continnum Survey (RACS) has produced detailed images and catalogues of the radio sky, which have been widely used by astronomers worldwide. Ighina et al. present a multi-wavelength […]

Column density images of three clouds in the halo of the Small Magellanic Cloud, produced by integrating the neutral hydrogen emission over the velocity range indicated in each panel. The blue arrows indicate the direction of the dynamical centre of the SMC. (Buckland-Willis et al.)

HI clouds in the SMC halo

January 7, 2025

The Galactic ASKAP (GASKAP) survey science team is undertaking a neutral hydrogen (HI) emission survey of the 21cm line to map the Magellanic Clouds and the Galactic plane with ASKAP.  […]

An image of the ASKAP radio-continuum intensity image of the Diprotodon supernova remnant at 943 MHz. The green-dashed circle indicates the previously measured extent, while the yellow dashed ellipse indicates the new boundaries of Diprotodon’s radio emission. In the top right corner, we show the scaled size of the Moon (0.5 degrees), while in the top left corner, we show the animal Diprotodon (from Filipovic et al.).

The Diprotodon in the sky

January 6, 2025

Filipović et al. present a re-discovery of G278.94+1.35 as possibly one of the largest known Galactic supernova remnants (SNRs) – that they name Diprotodon. While previously established as a Galactic […]

A CSIRO Happy Holidays greeting card, featuring artwork developed by Rachael Sarra working with Gilimbaa.

Happy Holidays

December 24, 2024

“Eternal Wisdom, Infinite Innovation” This artwork represents CSIRO’s reconciliation story. It depicts our journey and ongoing commitment to strengthening our relationships with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities. The artwork […]

A CSIRO Season's Greetings card

Season’s Greetings

December 23, 2024

Snowflakes or Epsomite? Better known as Epsom salts, epsomite’s water absorbing properties could have the potential to help support human missions in space. CSIRO’s In-Situ Resource Utilisation (ISRU) facility is […]

A Happy Holidays card from CSIRO

Happy Holidays!

December 20, 2024

The ASKAP Survey Science Projects include DINGO, EMU, POSSUM and WALLABY, but no KOALA — perhaps because K-band to radio-astronomers covers 18 to 27 GHz, well above the ASKAP operating […]

Front cover of the 2023/2024 ATNF Annual Report

ATNF Annual Report

December 19, 2024

The 2023/24 ATNF Annual Report is now available. The report includes reports on all ATNF telescopes and programs, a selection of science highlights, and summaries of performance indicators, and committee […]

An artist's impression of neutral gas galaxy flows at high redshift

ATNF Colloquium – Kirsty Butler

December 18, 2024

Title: Neutral Gas Galaxy Flows at High-z by Kirsty Butler (Chalmers University) Outflows are crucially important for the gas budget and evolution of luminous star-forming galaxies and AGNs, with observed […]

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