SETI’s potential

March 22, 2024

The Interstellar Frontiers 2024 conference was held recently in Perth and on-line, bringing together researchers interested in the search for extra-terrestrial life. One of the participants was Ron Ekers, captured […]

ASKAP Update for March – by Aidan Hotan

March 21, 2024

The ASKAP Update for March reports on progress with survey science, the status of CASDA (the CSIRO ASKAP Science Data Archive), testing of new imager features, and various options being […]

ATNF Colloquium – Near and Long-term Trends and Opportunities in US Radio Astronomy

March 20, 2024

Tony Beasley(NRAO) Abstract: In this talk I will discuss the ambitious scientific program underway in the United States over the next decade to explore the radio Universe, in concert with […]

SDHDF: A new file format for spectral-domain radio astronomy data – by Toomey et al.

March 19, 2024

Radio astronomy file formats are now required to store wide frequency bandwidths and multiple simultaneous receiver beams and must be able to account for versatile observing modes and numerous calibration […]

IEEE Milestone award for CDSCC

March 18, 2024

A ceremony was held at the Canberra Deep Space Communication Complex (CDSCC) recently for the presentation of an IEEE Milestone award, recognising the achievements of Deep Space Station 43 in […]

IEEE Milestone award for CDSCC

March 15, 2024

A ceremony was held at the Canberra Deep Space Communication Complex (CDSCC) recently for the presentation of an IEEE Milestone award, recognising the achievements of Deep Space Station 43 in […]

Interstellar Frontiers

March 14, 2024

The Interstellar Frontiers 2024 conference was held this week in Perth and on-line. The meeting brought together researchers interested in the search for life, which has progressed rapidly during the […]

ATNF Colloquium – The evolution of the Giant Andromeda galaxy mapped using planetary nebulae in its disc and inner halo

March 13, 2024

Magda Arnaboldi (ESO) Abstract: In this talk on the Andromeda (M31) galaxy, I will present the results from a homogenous, extended survey of Planetary Nebulae covering the entire disc and […]

Welcome Samuel Lai

March 12, 2024

Samuel Lai recently joined CSIRO Space & Astronomy at Kensington as a CSIRO Early Research Career (CERC) Fellow to work on novel and independent Very Long Baseline Interferometry image reconstruction […]

The first SKA-Low antenna

March 11, 2024

Last week the first antennas of the SKA-Low telescope were deployed on Inyarrimanha Ilgari Bundara, the CSIRO Murchison Radio-astronomy Observatory, on Wajarri Country. The antennas are the first of the […]

International Women’s Day

March 8, 2024

To commemorate International Women’s Day, we celebrate the life of pioneering radio astronomer Ruby Payne-Scott. A recent Lost Women of Science podcast tells the story of Ruby Payne-Scott’s career, including […]

The bright side of the rainbow

March 7, 2024

This double rainbow behind Murriyang, CSIRO’s Parkes radio telescope, was captured by Maxim Voronkov on a visit several years ago. The image also nicely illustrates how the sky inside a […]