Wajarri Yamaji artworks for ASKAP Survey Science Projects

February 16, 2023

Artists of the Wajarri Yamaji, traditional owners of Inyarrimanha Ilgari Bundara, the CSIRO Murchison Radio-astronomy Observatory, have created a series of paintings that express some of the research occurring with […]

ATNF Colloquium – “That is not only not right; it is not even wrong.” – Wolfgang Pauli

February 15, 2023

Nipanjana Patra (Curtin) Abstract: Corroboration of the detection of a redshifted 21cm signal from the Cosmic Dawn is more challenging than the first detection. For, there exists no independent science-verification […]

Long Baseline Array observing

February 14, 2023

A five-day Long Baseline Array observing session has just concluded. This block included observations in the 20cm, 13cm and 4cm bands, for proposals entitled “VLBI of M dwarfs in the […]

New Radio-Loud QSOs at the end of the Re-ionisation Epoch – by Ighina et al.

February 13, 2023

Ighina et al. present the selection of high-redshift (z > 5.7) radio-loud (RL) quasi-stellar object (QSO) candidates from the combination of the radio Rapid ASKAP Continuum Survey (RACS) and the […]

New Radio-Loud QSOs at the end of the Re-ionisation Epoch – by Ighina et al.

February 10, 2023

Ighina et al. present the selection of high-redshift (z > 5.7) radio-loud (RL) quasi-stellar object (QSO) candidates from the combination of the radio Rapid ASKAP Continuum Survey (RACS) and the […]

SKAO Annual Report for 2021

February 9, 2023

The very first SKAO annual report , covering the period from the legal constitution of the Observatory in January 2021 until the end of that year is now available. The […]

ATNF Colloquium – Image-plane radio transients on minutes-timescales with ASKAP

February 8, 2023

Yuanming Wang (University of Sydney) Abstract: Short bursts, flares, scintillation and other radio time-domain phenomena usually imply extreme astrophysical environments (e.g. strong magnetic fields) that are difficult to achieve on […]

February issue of Contact, the SKAO magazine

February 7, 2023

Issue 11 of the SKAO Magazine, Contact , is now available. This special issue celebrates the start of construction at the SKA telescope sites in Australia and South Africa in […]

Welcome Xiu Liu

February 6, 2023

We welcome Xiu Liu, who has joined CSIRO Space and Astronomy as a CERC Postdoctoral Fellow at Kensington. In her role, Xiu will apply state-of-the-art machine/deep learning in searching ASKAP […]

ASKAP Update for January – by Aidan Hotan

February 3, 2023

January’s ASKAP update reports on the experiences gained with automated operations during the holiday period, from the viewpoints of both observing efficiency and processing efficiency. Preparations to test the Pawsey […]

Steel trees

February 2, 2023

Previous ADAPs have offered A bird’s eye view of an ASKAP antenna as well as illustrating the use made by local birdlife of an idle ASKAP antenna . Today’s ADAP […]

2023 S&A Undergraduate Student Symposium

February 1, 2023

The CSIRO Space & Astronomy Undergraduate Vacation Scholarship Program 2022/23 is nearing its completion. Over the ten-week program, students carry out a research project under the supervision of CSIRO staff, […]