Wear It Purple day
August 25, 2023
Wear it Purple Day has a simple message — everybody has the right to be proud of who they are. Now an international day of recognition, held on the last […]
What’s the low-down with SKA-Low?
August 24, 2023
One of the events during National Science Week was a night of astronomy at the Western Australia Museum of Geraldton, featuring a panel to discuss the question “What’s the lowdown […]
ATNF Colloquium – Progress in understanding the Galactic magnetic field
August 23, 2023
Jennifer West (NSCC) Abstract: The pursuit of understanding the structure and origin of the Milky Way’s magnetic field is a central science question driving several radio polarization surveys, including the […]
Space and Astronomy Executive Team visits Geraldton
August 22, 2023
The CSIRO Space and Astronomy Executive team met in Geraldton last week and took the opportunity to catch up with the SKA-Low and ASKAP teams there. The image above shows […]
URSI GASS 2023
August 21, 2023
The URSI General Assembly and Scientific Symposium (URSI GASS), has been held every three years since 1919 and is organized by the International Union of Radio Science (URSI). It aims […]
ASKAP Update for August – by Aidan Hotan
August 18, 2023
The ASKAP update for August reports on maintenance activities, efforts to improve pipeline performance and image quality, and some of the interesting features found during data validation efforts. Investigation continues […]
ASKAP Update for August – by Aidan Hotan
August 17, 2023
The ASKAP update for August reports on maintenance activities, efforts to improve pipeline performance and image quality, and some of the interesting features found during data validation efforts. Data validation […]
ATNF Colloquium – HI surveys with next generation radio telescopes
August 16, 2023
Virginia Kilborn (Swinburne) Abstract: Hydrogen is the most common element in the Universe. Powering star formation, it plays a crucial role in the formation and evolution of galaxies. Observations of […]
Periodic radio emission from an ultracool brown dwarf – by Rose et al.
August 15, 2023
Rose et al. present the detection of rotationally modulated, circularly polarized radio emission from the T8 brown dwarf WISE J062309.94−045624.6 between 0.9 and 2.0 GHz. They detected this high proper […]
National Science Week
August 14, 2023
National Science Week runs from August 12–20. This year’s theme is Innovation: Powering Future Industries and CSIRO will be using the opportunity to bring real-world science to students and teachers […]
APRIM 2023
August 11, 2023
The 2023 Asia-Pacific Regional IAU Meeting (APRIM 2023) is taking place this week in Koriyama, Japan. In addition to a number of parallel sessions, each day featured a plenary session […]
Welcome John Morgan
August 10, 2023
John Morgan started at CSIRO Kensington last month, having been just across the road at Curtin University for 13 years. In that time he worked on a wide range of […]
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