The shell-less Supernova Remnant B0532-67.5 – by Li et al.

March 15, 2022

Li et al. have used archival ASKAP data to study the Supernova Remnant SNR B0532-67.5 in the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC). SNR B0532-67.5 was first reported by Mathewson et al. […]

2022 Pawsey Medal awarded to Keith Bannister

March 14, 2022

Outstanding contributions to science were recognised last week by the Australian Academy of Science, with 20 of Australia’s leading scientists being honoured, including the award of the 2022 Pawsey Medal […]

Funding for the Parkes Visitor Centre

March 11, 2022

Last week the Parkes radio-telescope, Murriyang, was used as the backdrop for an announcement of funding from the NSW Regional Tourism Activation Fund. The Deputy Premier, and Minister for Regional […]

ASKAP looking up

March 10, 2022

As noted in a previous ADAP , ASKAP antennas are pretty big when you get up close to them! This photo from below shows the back-up supporting structure to the […]

ATNF Colloquium – A radio-loud magnetar with an identity crisis

March 9, 2022

Marcus Lower (CSIRO Space & Astronomy) Abstract: Magnetars are a rare class of highly magnetised neutron star. They are the primary source of local gamma-ray bursts and are speculated to […]

International Women’s Day 2022

March 8, 2022

International Women’s Day (March 8) is a global day celebrating the social, economic, cultural, and political achievements of women. The theme of this year’s Day is Break The Bias : […]

Power To Shine

March 7, 2022

CSIRO has participated in the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras since 2019 . The overall theme of this year’s Mardi Gras was “United We Shine” and, with costumes paying […]

More Solar System adventures with RACS-high – E. Lenc (CSIRO Space and Astronomy)

March 4, 2022

Now that ASKAP has completed the first pass of RACS-high observations we have begun to perform a health-check of the data. As with RACS-low , and RACS-mid , this involved […]

Weather extremes

March 3, 2022

Australia is a large continent, and so it is not surprising it can experience extremes in weather. Perth has just had its hottest summer on record, but in contrast the […]

In Search of the Cosmic Dawn – by Singh et al.

March 2, 2022

The “cosmic dawn” occurred when the first stars formed, roughly 100 million years after the Big Bang. Detecting radio waves from this period of the Universe’s history is extremely challenging, […]

Sweet memories of the 1960s!

March 1, 2022

To celebrate its centenary, Cadbury has released blocks of chocolate commemorating each decade of its 100 years. For the 1960s, they chose the Parkes telescope, Murriyang. The caption on the […]