50th anniversary of the Parkes Visitor Centre

February 18, 2019

Last week the Parkes radio observatory’s Visitors Centre celebrated its 50th birthday! On 14 February 1969, the centre opened its doors and since then, more than 5 million people have […]

The 2019 SKA Calendar

February 15, 2019

The SKA Office has produced a calendar for 2019, with each month focussing on one of the 12 member countries. As the countries appear in alphabetical order, Australia is featured […]

Happy Valentine’s Day

February 14, 2019

The 2018/19 CASS Vacation Students visited the ATCA in mid-January for their own observing run on a National Facility telescope. This night-time snap, from the roof of the control building, […]

ATNF Colloquium – Science & Journalism: Errors = Media x Confusion ^2

February 13, 2019

by Katia Moskvitch Abstract: Whenever there is a story in the media that gets a researcher’s paper horribly wrong, scientists are quick to blame the journalist. And it’s true that […]

International Day of Women and Girls in Astronomy

February 12, 2019

To mark International Day of Women and Girls in Science, the SKA Organisation have released a video celebrating women from around the world answering questions ranging from what they are […]

International Day of Women and Girls in Astronomy

February 11, 2019

The International Astronomical Union (IAU) is celebrating Women and Girls in Astronomy Month throughout February. In particular, today is being observed as Women and Girls in Astronomy Day, in tandem […]

(Belated) Happy Chinese New Year!

February 8, 2019

The Lunar New Year was celebrated earlier this week, with the New Year being the Year of the Pig in the 12-year cycle of animals which appear in the Chinese […]

ATNF Colloquium – Vacation Students Symposium

February 7, 2019

Abstract: The 2018/19 CASS Undergraduate Vacation Scholars Student Symposium will be held on Thursday 7 February. Each student presents a talk about their project. Talks will be presented from Marsfield, […]

ATNF Colloquium – Tailored Simulations

February 6, 2019

by Nathan Deg (University of Cape Town) Abstract: Tailored simulations are excellent tools for investigating a variety of physical phenomena using controlled numerical experiments. In this talk, I will introduce […]

ATNF Colloquium – The UTMOST-2D time domain radio astronomy machine

February 5, 2019

by Adam Deller (Swinburne) Abstract: The Molonglo Cross Telescope was inaugurated over 50 years ago and has passed through several upgrades during its operating life to enable new science output […]

Parkes Elvis Festival 2019

February 4, 2019

The Parkes Elvis Festival was first held in 1993, and has gone from strength to strength ever since. Held in January (as Elvis’ birthday is January 8th), the parade is […]

A candidate microquasar in NGC 300 – by Urquhart et al.

February 1, 2019

Urquhart et al. have reported the discovery of a powerful candidate microquasar in the nearby spiral galaxy NGC 300. Chandra images show four discrete X-ray knots aligned in the plane […]