The GMIMS survey at Parkes – by Wolleben et al.

August 20, 2019

The Global Magneto-Ionic Medium Survey (GMIMS) was designed to study polarized radio emission from our Galaxy and characterise the strength and configuration of the Galactic magnetic field. The survey team […]

Astrofest recognised at WA Premier’s Science Awards

August 19, 2019

Western Australia’s top science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) researchers, students and engagement initiatives were recognised at the 2019 WA Premier’s Science Awards ceremony last week. The joint winners of […]

2019 OzSKA meeting

August 16, 2019

Following the success of the previous OzSKA meetings, the OzSKA 2019 Workshop will be held on Wednesday 6th and Thursday 7th November 2019 at Mt Stromlo. The aim of continuing […]

CASS Radio School

August 15, 2019

The 2019 CASS Radio Astronomy School will be held at the Australia Telescope Compact Array near Narrabri, NSW from Monday 30th September to Friday 4th October 2019. The format of […]

ATNF Colloquium – The Faint Extragalactic Radio Background

August 14, 2019

Tessa Vernstrom (CASS) Abstract: The radio sky covers a large range of sources, from small single galaxies to large clusters of galaxies and the space between them. These sources consist […]

Parkes Open Day

August 13, 2019

The Parkes Open Days featured a real astronaut, with Andrew Thomas being one of the official guests over the weekend, but the event also brought many aspiring astronauts too. At […]

Welcome Rui Luo

August 12, 2019

We welcome Rui Luo to CASS. Rui is from Guizhou, China, and received his Ph.D. in Astrophysics at Peking University in 2019. His research interests include a broad range of […]

ATNF Colloquium – The SKA Challenge

August 9, 2019

Evan Keane (SKAO) Abstract: In this talk I will overview the Square Kilometre Array (SKA) project. Its lofty goal is to build the largest radio observatory on the planet. The […]

Vale Nikolai Kardashev

August 8, 2019

We were saddened to learn of the passing of Nikolai Kardashev on August 3rd. Deputy Director of the Astro Space Center of PN Lebedev Physical Institute of the Russian Academy […]

ATNF Colloquium – The MeerKAT tool belt: a waist of data

August 7, 2019

Jordan Collier (Institute: IDIA, University of Cape Town) Abstract: A number of new tools have been developed or adopted to deal with MeerKAT data at the Inter-University Institute for Data […]

ATNF Colloquium – Citizen Science Astronomy with the Unistellar Network: From Planetary Defense to Exoplanet Transits

August 6, 2019

Franck Marchis (Unistellar/SETI Institute) Abstract: Unistellar is reinventing popular astronomy with the Enhanced Vision Telescope: a combination of optics, electronics, and proprietary image-processing technology to make astronomy easy, fun and […]

Peter McGregor Prize awarded to DiFX team

August 5, 2019

The Peter McGregor Prize is awarded by the Astronomical Society of Australia (ASA) in recognition of the design, invention or improvement of astronomical instrumentation and associated software techniques that have […]