Radio Cosmic Web Filament Detection – by Vernstrom et al.
February 19, 2021
Filaments connecting clusters of galaxies are notoriously hard to detect due to their faint and diffuse nature. Only two short bridges have ever been imaged in the radio before. Vernstrom […]
Vacation student presentations
February 18, 2021
The annual CASS Vacation Student program is drawing to a close, with the students giving presentations reporting on their project. As COVID-related changes to University schedules meant that students started […]
The 50th anniversary of Apollo 14
February 17, 2021
This month marks the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 14 mission to the moon. Crewed by Alan Shepard, Ed Mitchell and Stuart Roosa, the Command Module, Kitty Hawk, and Lunar […]
A blind ATCA HI survey of the Fornax galaxy cluster – by Loni et al.
February 16, 2021
Loni et al. present the first interferometric blind HI survey covering an area of 15 square degrees, of the Fornax galaxy cluster. The Fornax cluster is a low mass cluster […]
A blind ATCA HI survey of the Fornax galaxy cluster – by Loni et al.
February 15, 2021
Loni et al. present the first interferometric blind HI survey covering an area of 15 square degrees, of the Fornax galaxy cluster. The Fornax cluster is a low mass cluster […]
The AAAS Newcomb Cleveland Prize
February 12, 2021
The Newcomb Cleveland Prize is awarded annually by the American Academy for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) to the authors of the most impactful research paper published in the journal […]
Bizarre behaviour from a new magnetar – by Lower et al.
February 11, 2021
Astronomers have just observed bizarre, never-seen-before behaviour from a radio-loud magnetar. Magnetars are a rare type of rotating neutron star with some of the most powerful magnetic fields in the […]
An extreme collision of stellar winds – by Marcote et al.
February 10, 2021
Apep is a binary star system, named after the Egyptian god of chaos due to the spiral pattern of dust generated by its two member stars. Marcote et al. have […]
ASKAP observations of reveal a degrees-long plasma filament – by Y-M Wang et al.
February 9, 2021
Wang et al. present the results from an ASKAP search for radio sources that vary on timescales of hours. They conducted an untargeted search over a 30 square degree field, […]
The launch of the SKA Observatory
February 8, 2021
The SKA Observatory (SKAO) was launched last week following the first meeting of the Observatory’s Council. The SKAO is the world’s second intergovernmental organisation to be dedicated to astronomy. The […]
ASKAP detection of the most distant radio-loud quasar – by Ighina et al.
February 5, 2021
Ighina et al. report the 888 MHz radio detection in the Rapid ASKAP Continuum Survey (RACS) of VIK J2318−3113, a z=6.44 quasar. The ratio of its radio luminosity to its […]
The first SKA Council meeting
February 4, 2021
Following ratification of the Convention to establish the Square Kilometre Array Observatory (SKAO) late last year, the first meeting of the SKAO Council is taking place this week. The SKA […]
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