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March 24, 2025

While the first SKA-Low image demonstrated what the early working version of the telescope (AA0.5) could observe, simulations now show how its capabilities will expand as more antennas are added. […]

March 21, 2025

The SKA Observatory (SKAO) has released the first image from an early working version of the SKA-Low telescope, currently under construction on Wajarri Yamaji Country in Western Australia. Using just […]

March 20, 2025

Several long-period radio transients have recently been discovered, with strongly polarised coherent radio pulses appearing on timescales between tens to thousands of seconds1,2. In some cases, the radio pulses have […]

March 19, 2025

Peng et al. present 12 observations of the accreting millisecond X-ray pulsar Aql X-1, conducted between August 2022 and October 2023 using the Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Radio Telescope (FAST) at […]

March 18, 2025

The recently discovered PSR J0311+1402 offers new insights into the evolving population of long-period radio transients (LPTs) and their connection to normal pulsars. Unlike typical pulsars, which spin in milliseconds to seconds, LPTs have much […]

March 17, 2025

Last Friday night (March 14, 2025), a partial lunar eclipse briefly graced the skies over eastern Australia. While much of the world witnessed a stunning “Blood Moon,” Australians could only […]

March 14, 2025

Fast radio bursts (FRBs) are millisecond-duration radio pulses of extragalactic origin with largely unknown progenitors. Some FRBs show mild variations in their magneto-ionic environment, possibly due to plasma turbulence or […]

March 13, 2025

In their study, Kemp et al. explore the use of commercial high-performance computing (HPC) for processing large-scale radio astronomy data, specifically from the GASKAP-Hi pilot surveys. They outline a four-step […]

The image shows the intensity, velocity field, and velocity dispersion maps of the CO(J = 1–0) transition in NGC 1316.

March 12, 2025

Probing Radio-Mode AGN Feedback in NGC 1316: ALMA CO Mapping at GMA Scales Kana Morokuma (University of Tokyo) Abstract:Active galactic nuclei (AGN) feedback is essential for regulating the number density […]

March 11, 2025

Yang et al. present a statistical study of the neutral atomic hydrogen (HI) gas extending into the circumgalactic medium perpendicular to the disk for 7 edge-on galaxies with inclinations above  85° from […]

March 10, 2025

Jing et al. report the observations of the radio shell of the supernova remnant (SNR) G310.6–1.6 at 943 MHz from the Evolutionary Map of the Universe (EMU) and the Polarization […]

March 7, 2025

Yuan et al. present the first multi-band centimeter detection of POX 52, a nearby dwarf galaxy believed to harbor a robust intermediate mass black hole (IMBH). We conducted the deep […]


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.