
August 11, 2026
Chhetri et al. present a catalogue of 131 compact (angular size less than 0.1 arcseconds) sources detected with ASKAP at 823 MHz via their Interplanetary Scintillation (IPS). These measurements were made […]

August 10, 2026
Chhetri et al. present a catalogue of 131 compact (angular size less than 0.1 arcseconds) sources detected with ASKAP at 823 MHz via their Interplanetary Scintillation (IPS). These measurements were […]

August 7, 2026
Stewart et al. published in Nature this week evidence for vacuum birefringence from X-ray and radio observations of polarized emission from the radio magnetar 1E 1547.0-5408. The phenomenon of vacuum […]

August 6, 2026
The latest issue of Contact, the SKAO magazine, has just been published. The issue opens with a Foreword from new SKA Director General, Jessica Dempsey, written during her visit to […]

August 5, 2026
Dynamic shocks and precessing jets from an enigmatic accreting neutron star Abstract: Circinus X-1 is an enigmatic accreting neutron star which defies conventional classification despite decades of study. Surrounded by […]

August 4, 2026
The Next Generation of Wide-Field Optical Observatories: Science and Synergies The new Vera C. Rubin Observatory, which started the 10-year Legacy Survey of Space and Time on June 29, 2026 […]

August 3, 2026
David Malin worked for 26 years at the Anglo-Australian Observatory as photographic scientist and astronomer. Over his career he invented new ways of revealing information on astronomical plates, earning an international […]

July 31, 2026
David Malin worked for 26 years at the Anglo-Australian Observatory as photographic scientist and astronomer. Over his career he invented new ways of revealing information on astronomical plates, earning an […]

July 30, 2026
Maccarone et al. present evidence that the X-ray source W41 in the globular cluster 47 Tucanae, long considered to be an X-ray source powered by coronal activity, is actually a […]

July 29, 2026
A Multi-Wavelength Study of Cluster Cosmology and Astrophysics The background is an X-ray image from eROSITA with SZ contours (cyan) from SPT/Planck and radio contours (white) from ASKAP overlaid, with […]

July 28, 2026
Relativistic Stellar Explosions: The Landscape Revealed by Wide-field, High-cadence Optical Surveys Artist’s impression of a relativistic outflow powered by a newly formed compact object (Image credit Ron Miller, Scientific American) […]

July 27, 2026
Indermuehle and Lourenço present the first results of SNIFFLES, an observational programme to characterize intended emission, unwanted emission, and unintended radiation from non-geostationary satellite orbit (NGSO) systems across common radio […]
Welcome to the ATNF Daily Astronomy Picture (ADAP), brought to you by staff and users of the Australia Telescope National Facility (ATNF). Our aim is to present science and engineering results, research highlights from recent publications, technical updates, telescope pictures, conference summaries, etc.
Our site was inspired by the fabulous Astronomy Picture of the Day – @APOD and the ASTRON/Jive Daily Image – @dailyimage.
We welcome all ATNF users to submit an image related to our facilities (Parkes, ATCA, Mopra, ASKAP and LBA), together with a brief description and credits. Submissions can be emailed to the ADAP curator, (phil.edwards [at] csiro.au).
The ADAP was created in December 2014 by Baerbel Koribalski and Simon Johnston. Over 2500 ADAPs have now been published. Vince McIntyre, Nathan Pope, and Andrew O’Brien are acknowledged for their dedicated technical support. The ADAP is currently curated by Phil Edwards.