FRB2021 conference

July 28, 2021

The FRB2021 conference starts today to discuss progress in the observation, analysis and understanding of Fast Radio Bursts. The meeting runs from Wednesday July 28th until Thursday August 5th (with […]

WALLABY observations of the Hydra Cluster – by Jing Wang

July 27, 2021

Wang et al. have recently published a study using ASKAP HI image data from the WALLABY pilot survey, covering the Hydra cluster. They identify that nearly two thirds of the […]

ASKAP update for July – by Aidan Hotan

July 26, 2021

The ASKAP Update for July includes reports on the POSSUM team’s efforts to verify ASKAP’s off-axis polarisation leakage calibration method, the first images from the RACS mid-band survey and other […]

Moon-landing anniversary

July 23, 2021

This week marks the 52nd anniversary of the Apollo 11 Moon landing! The Visitor Centre exhibition at the Canberra Deep Space Communication Complex (CDSCC) has a 3.8 billion year old […]

Moon-landing anniversary

July 22, 2021

This week marks the 52nd anniversary of the Apollo 11 Moon landing! Originally located at the Honeysuckle Creek Tracking Station and now at the Canberra Deep Space Communication Complex (CDSCC) […]

ATNF Colloquium – A High-Speed All-Sky Monitor for FRBs and Technosignatures

July 21, 2021

Danny Price (ICRAR-Curtin) Abstract: Fast Radio Bursts (FRB) are one of the most intriguing transient phenomena discovered in the recent years, and recently observed down to 100-MHz frequencies. I will […]

Zooming in on Centaurus A – by Janssen et al.

July 20, 2021

An international team anchored by the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) Collaboration, which is known for capturing the first image of a black hole in the galaxy M87 , has now […]

The edge-on Fourcade-Figueroa galaxy – by Saponara et al.

July 19, 2021

Studies of the stellar and HI (neutral hydrogen) gas kinematics in dwarf and Low Surface Brightness (LSB) galaxies are essential for deriving constraints on their dark matter distribution. Saponara et […]

ASKAP by numbers – by Keith Bannister

July 16, 2021

As reported in yesterday’s ADAP , Keith Bannister gave a presentation at the Annual Scientific Meeting of the Astronomical Society of Australia describing the work recognised in the award of […]

The ASA’s Anne Green Prize

July 15, 2021

The Astronomical Society of Australia (ASA) awards a number of prizes each year. This year, the Anne Green Prize, recognising a significant advance or accomplishment by a mid-career scientist, was […]

Proto-planets and PLATYPUS – by Norfolk et al.

July 14, 2021

Planets form from the material in molecular clouds left over from the formation of stars. Debris discs are the final stage of protoplanetary disc evolution. The majority of primordial gas […]

New issue of SKAO magazine, Contact

July 13, 2021

A new issue of the SKAO magazine has just been released, celebrating the start of construction activities for the SKA telescopes! In addition to a number of recent developments for […]