ATNF Colloquium – The IllustrisTNG Project

November 14, 2018

by Prof. Lars Hernquist (Harvard University) Abstract: In this talk, I will present an overview of recent progress in simulating galaxy formation on cosmological scales. In particular, we have performed […]

An 84 GHz methanol maser in NGC 253 – by McCarthy et al.

November 13, 2018

McCarthy et al. have investigated the central region of NGC 253 for the presence of 84.5 GHz methanol emission using the Australia Telescope Compact Array and have discovered only the […]

Big Bang Theory

November 12, 2018

Edwin Hubble is widely known for his 1929 discovery that the universe is expanding. However, two years earlier, Georges Lemaitre published similar conclusions in an obscure journal, the Annals of […]

A Parkes search for fuzzy dark matter – by Porayko et al.

November 9, 2018

It is widely accepted that dark matter contributes about a quarter of the critical mass-energy density in our Universe. The nature of dark matter is currently unknown, with the mass […]

3C 17: The Brightest Galaxy of a newly identified Cluster – by Juan Madrid

November 8, 2018

3C 17 is a broad-line radio galaxy that also shows strong indications of interaction with its environment. The kiloparsec-scale radio morphology of 3C 17 is dominated by a single-sided, dramatically […]

ATNF Colloquium – Hanbury Brown, Twiss and the experiment that shook physics

November 7, 2018

by Peter Tuthill (USyd) Abstract: The 1960’s ushered in a remarkable belle epoch for the University of Sydney’s School of Physics. Brokered by the indomitable Harry Messel, an experiment took […]

Parkes Pulsar Data Published in CSIRO’s Data Access Portal for 2018APRS – by Lawrence Toomey

November 6, 2018

CSIRO’s Data Access Portal (DAP) now has over one Petabyte of Parkes pulsar data archived, published and available for download. The DAP is VO compatible and data can be queried […]

FRBs in the Conversation

November 5, 2018

The Conversation is an independent source of news and views, sourced from the academic and research community and endeavouring to provide independent, high-quality, authenticated, and explanatory journalism in order to […]

ATCA at night

November 2, 2018

This image, from CSIRO’s scienceimage archive , shows two antennas of the Australia Telescope Compact Array, near Narrabri, NSW. The photo dates from the 1990s, before the perforated panels making […]

An astral arch over ASKAP

November 1, 2018

Today’s image, taken (with a wide-angle lens!) by Alex Cherney , shows the arch of the Milky Way over antennas of the ASKAP array. The Southern Cross is visible at […]