Molecules with Mopra

April 16, 2019

Urquhart et al. have used the Mopra 22m telescope to conduct a 3-mm molecular-line survey towards 570 high-mass star-forming clumps. The sample was selected from the 10,000 clumps identified by […]

ATNF Colloquium – The International Centre for Complex Project Management: Helping Australia Deliver Projects in a Complex World

April 15, 2019

by Naomi Mathers (ICCPM) Abstract: Modern programs and projects are increasingly complex. Even simple projects can experience periods of complexity, and failing to recognise and deal with complexity can be […]

Sunset at Jodrell Bank

April 12, 2019

There were too many registered participants for the SKA Science meeting to be held at the SKA Organisation headquarters at Jodrell Bank, but the Reception on the first day was […]

The shadow of a black hole – (by the Event Horizon Telescope team)

April 11, 2019

This image is the first direct image made of the surroundings of a supermassive black hole. The Event Horizon Telescope (EHT), an international array of eight radio telescopes in Europe, […]

ATNF Colloquium – Radio emission from SNe Ia

April 10, 2019

by Esha Kundu (Curtin) Abstract: It is widely accepted that Type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia), the standard candles in cosmology, are the thermonuclear explosion of carbon/oxygen white dwarfs. Despite their […]

SKA Science Meeting

April 9, 2019

The 2019 SKA Science Meeting, entitled “New Science enabled by New Technologies in the SKA Era”, is being held this week near Manchester. The week is divided into a 3-day […]

European Astronomy Award

April 8, 2019

The European Astronomical Society’s 2019 MERAC Prize for Observational Astrophysics, has been awarded to Dr Evan Keane in recognition of his work on Fast Radio Bursts and pulsars, conducted primarily […]

Spirograph patterns?

April 5, 2019

The image above may, for some, invoke memories of spirograph patterns from their childhood. Spirographs used toothed wheels within wheels to generate curved patterns technically known as hypotrochoids and epitrochoids. […]

ACAMAR5 meeting

April 4, 2019

The fifth ACAMAR workshop is underway this week near Melbourne. The main topics of the meeting include Antarctic astronomy, Radio astronomy (including ASKAP, MWA, FAST and SKA), Optical instrumentation, Gravitational […]

ACAMAR5 meeting

April 3, 2019

The fifth ACAMAR workshop opened yesterday in Healesville, near Melbourne. ACAMAR is a joint China-Australia research centre between the Chinese Academy of Sciences, the Australian Department of Industry, Innovation and […]

Wideband polarized radio emission from XTE J1810-197 – by Dai et al.

April 2, 2019

The anomalous X-ray pulsar XTE J1810-197 was the first magnetar found to emit pulsed radio emission. After spending almost a decade in a quiescent, radio-quiet state, the magnetar was reported […]

5th ACAMAR annual meeting

April 1, 2019

This week the fifth annual ACAMAR meeting will be held just outside Melbourne. ACAMAR is an acronym for the Australia-ChinA consortiuM for Astrophysical Research, but is also the name for […]