Welcome Andrew Zic

October 23, 2020

We welcome Andrew Zic, who has joined CASS as a CSIRO Research Plus Postdoc hosted by Macquarie University. In his role at CASS, Andrew will be analysing the effects of […]

OSIRIS-REx touches down on Bennu

October 22, 2020

NASA’s first mission to return a sample from an ancient asteroid is the Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security-Regolith Explorer , or OSIRIS-REx. The satellite briefly touched down on the […]

Pawsey supercomputer centre upgrade

October 21, 2020

The Pawsey Supercomputing Centre has announced that Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) has been selected to deliver its new supercomputer, which will power future high-impact Australian research projects by delivering 30 […]

Tidbinbilla blossom

October 20, 2020

The 70 m Deep Space Network (DSN) radio telescope at the Canberra Deep Space Communication Complex (CDSCC), DSS-43, has been off-line most of this year for a Depot-Level Maintenance period […]

Welcome Suk Yee Yong

October 19, 2020

Suk Yee Yong joined CASS last month. Suk Yee completed her PhD on the Nature of Quasar Disk-Winds at the University of Melbourne earlier this year. She has taken up […]

Searching 10 million stars to see if anyone is home

October 16, 2020

Are we alone in the Universe? This fundamental question has propelled the curiosity of writers and scientists alike for hundreds of years. A recent blog by Chenoa Tremblay describes work […]

Precise radio astrometry and new developments for the next-generation instruments – by Maria Rioja and Richard Dodson

October 15, 2020

Maria J. Rioja (CASS/ICRAR-UWA, OAN) and Richard Dodson (ICRAR-UWA) have published an Astronomy & Astrophysics Review paper that focuses on the achievements to date and the future of high-precision astrometry, […]

ATNF Colloquium – General relativistic and post-Newtonian dynamics for near-Earth objects and solar system bodies

October 14, 2020

Joe O’Leary (EOS Space Systems Pty. Ltd.; University of South Australia) Abstract: The general theory of relativity is the currently accepted framework for the description of gravitational physics, and is […]

2019/20 ATNF Annual Report

October 13, 2020

The Australia Telescope National Facility Annual Report for 2019/20 is now available on-line. Until 2016, Annual Reports were based on the calendar year: since then the Reports are based on […]

Mars at Opposition – by Emil Lenc

October 12, 2020

Every 779.94 days or so, the planet Mars reaches opposition – the point where the Earth lies directly between it and the Sun. For amateur and professional astronomers alike this […]

Collaroy Plateau Park monument

October 9, 2020

This week marked the 75th anniversary of radio astronomy in Australia with the detection of intense radio emission from the Sun, using WWII radar equipment at the Collaroy Plateau in […]

SKA Calendar for October

October 8, 2020

The SKA calendar for 2020 celebrates the SKA family of pathfinder telescopes. Fittingly, if coincidentally, given Australia has just ratified the SKA convention , October focuses on one of the […]