SKA Science Meeting
April 9, 2019
The 2019 SKA Science Meeting, entitled “New Science enabled by New Technologies in the SKA Era”, is being held this week near Manchester. The week is divided into a 3-day […]
European Astronomy Award
April 8, 2019
The European Astronomical Society’s 2019 MERAC Prize for Observational Astrophysics, has been awarded to Dr Evan Keane in recognition of his work on Fast Radio Bursts and pulsars, conducted primarily […]
Spirograph patterns?
April 5, 2019
The image above may, for some, invoke memories of spirograph patterns from their childhood. Spirographs used toothed wheels within wheels to generate curved patterns technically known as hypotrochoids and epitrochoids. […]
ACAMAR5 meeting
April 4, 2019
The fifth ACAMAR workshop is underway this week near Melbourne. The main topics of the meeting include Antarctic astronomy, Radio astronomy (including ASKAP, MWA, FAST and SKA), Optical instrumentation, Gravitational […]
ACAMAR5 meeting
April 3, 2019
The fifth ACAMAR workshop opened yesterday in Healesville, near Melbourne. ACAMAR is a joint China-Australia research centre between the Chinese Academy of Sciences, the Australian Department of Industry, Innovation and […]
Wideband polarized radio emission from XTE J1810-197 – by Dai et al.
April 2, 2019
The anomalous X-ray pulsar XTE J1810-197 was the first magnetar found to emit pulsed radio emission. After spending almost a decade in a quiescent, radio-quiet state, the magnetar was reported […]
5th ACAMAR annual meeting
April 1, 2019
This week the fifth annual ACAMAR meeting will be held just outside Melbourne. ACAMAR is an acronym for the Australia-ChinA consortiuM for Astrophysical Research, but is also the name for […]
The Parkes Dish
March 29, 2019
From a distance, the Parkes telescope may appear to have an inner solid surface, but as this unusual view of the telescope shows, the perforated aluminium panels do allow a […]
Pulsar quiet-mode modulations – by Yan et al.
March 28, 2019
The pulsar PSR J1825−0935 has a pulse profile with a main pulse and a fainter inter-pulse, and is known to switch between radio-quiet and radio-bright modes. The quiet mode has […]
ATNF Colloquium – The latest results from the HTRU-S Low Latitude Pulsar Survey: a zoo of new and exciting pulsars
March 27, 2019
by Andrew Cameron (CASS) Abstract: Pulsars, rapidly-rotating and highly-magnetised neutron stars, can be utilised as tools in the study of many aspects of fundamental physical, most notably in the application […]
Perth Astrofest
March 26, 2019
Perth’s annual Astrofest , organised by ICRAR, is a free event featuring an astrophotography exhibition, inflatable planetariums, science shows, public talks and a host of telescopes pointed to the sky […]
Perth Astrofest
March 25, 2019
Perth’s annual Astrofest , organised by ICRAR, is a free event featuring an astrophotography exhibition, inflatable planetariums, science shows, public talks and a host of telescopes pointed to the sky […]
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