2021 Malcolm McIntosh Prize for Physical Scientist of the Year

November 4, 2021

Keith Bannister was last night awarded the 2021 Malcolm McIntosh Prize for Physical Scientist of the Year. Keith was recognised for his pioneering research into fast radio bursts (FRBs) using […]

ATNF Colloquium – Commensal searches for variable radio sources with MeerKAT

November 3, 2021

Laura Driessen (S&A, CSIRO) Abstract: New wide-field, sensitive radio instruments are enabling us to search and investigate the dynamic radio sky like never before. Previous untargeted radio searches in the […]

Parkes 60th Anniversary

November 2, 2021

The Parkes telescope’s 60th birthday was celebrated yesterday with the unveiling of a plaque commemorating the telescope’s National Heritage listing. The image above shows Program Director for ATNF Operations (and […]

Parkes 60th Anniversary

November 1, 2021

Although the Parkes telescope’s 60th birthday was yesterday, the party is today! The Parkes 60th webpage , collecting contributions from current and former staff and observers, is continuing to grow […]

Parkes 60th Anniversary

October 29, 2021

The Parkes telescope was inaugurated on October 31st, 1961, and so celebrates its 60th birthday on Sunday. As the image above illustrates, preparations for a small celebration on site are […]

Parkes 60th Anniversary

October 28, 2021

The Parkes telescope was inaugurated on October 31st, 1961, and in the lead up to its 60th anniversary, we are featuring images from the CSIRO Radio Astronomy Image Archive. Tuesday’s […]

ATNF Colloquium – The latest results from the Event Horizon Telescope: Zooming into the heart of Centaurus A

October 27, 2021

Michael Janssen (Max-Planck-Institut für Radioastronomie/Radboud University) Abstract: Centaurus A is the closest radio galaxy to Earth and has been studied extensively as a laboratory for AGN feedback and potential UHECR […]

Parkes 60th Anniversary

October 26, 2021

The Parkes telescope was inaugurated on October 31st, 1961, and in the lead up to its 60th anniversary, we are featuring images from the CSIRO Radio Astronomy Image Archive. While […]

Parkes 60th Anniversary

October 25, 2021

The Parkes telescope was inaugurated on October 31st, 1961, and in the lead up to its 60th anniversary, we are featuring images from the CSIRO Radio Astronomy Image Archive.

Welcome Laura Driessen

October 22, 2021

We recently welcomed Laura Driessen to CSIRO Space and Astronomy. Laura was awarded her PhD in “Radio Transients with MeerKAT” from the University of Manchester, and before that completed her […]

Parkes 60th Anniversary

October 21, 2021

The Parkes telescope was inaugurated on October 31st, 1961, and in the lead up to its 60th anniversary, we are featuring images from the CSIRO Radio Astronomy Image Archive. Today’s […]

ATNF Colloquium – Towards a General Theory of Closure Invariants in Radio Interferometry

October 20, 2021

Nithyanandan Thyagarajan (Space & Astronomy, CSIRO) Abstract: Recent “planet-scale” very long baseline interferometry (VLBI) efforts at millimetre wavelengths have resulted in the first detailed images near the event horizon of […]