ATNF Colloquium – Recent Science and Upcoming Changes for NRAO/US Radio Astronomy

May 6, 2016

by Tony Beasley (NRAO) Abstract. The outlook for radio astronomy in the US is complex at present. New instruments and upgrades are producing exciting science (several recent results will be […]

Monitoring the Galactic Centre with the ATCA

May 5, 2016

by Abhijeet Borkar (Universität Köln; Germany) The supermassive black hole, Sagittarius A* (Sgr A*), at the centre of the Milky Way undergoes regular flaring activity, which is thought to arise […]

Visiting the SkyMapper team

May 4, 2016

by Jing Wang (CASS) The Skymapper team are busy preparing for the early data release of a shallow imaging survey. The survey provides u, v, g, r, i and z […]

Vela pulsar timing over 21 years

May 3, 2016

by Simon Johnston (CASS) Shannon et al. (2016) present observations of the Vela pulsar over a period of 21 years during which time the pulsar has rotated nearly than 7.5 […]

Coupling between baryons and dark matter in galaxies

May 2, 2016

by Paolo Serra (CASS) The mass budget of the Universe is dominated by a dark matter of unknown nature. An important clue about the properties of this dark matter is […]

Moon rise over Boolardy solar panels

April 29, 2016

by Brett Hiscock (CASS) A gorgeous photo of the moon rising above the solar panels installed at the Boolardy Accommodation Facility, where CSIRO staff working on the Australian Square Kilometer […]

ASKAP Community Busy Week in Perth

April 28, 2016

by Wasim Raja (CASS) In continuation of its pursuit towards facilitating the ASKAP survey science teams get their hands dirty with ASKAP data as well as familiarise with ASKAPsoft — […]

ATNF Colloquium – Fast Radio Bursts & SUPERB

April 27, 2016

by Evan Keane (SKA Office) Abstract. In this talk I will summarise the many developments that have occurred in fast radio burst (FRB) science in the last year. I will […]

Coincidence of a high-fluence blazar outburst with a PeV-energy neutrino event

April 26, 2016

by Phil Edwards (CASS) The discovery of extraterrestrial very-high-energy neutrinos by the IceCube collaboration in 2013 has launched a quest for the identification of their astrophysical sources. Gamma-ray blazars have […]

Disks Down Under

April 25, 2016

by Sarah Maddison (Swinburne University) Sunsets and sunrise at the Australia Telescope Compact Array (ATCA) on the first three days of “Disks Down Under”, a 7mm survey of nearby transition […]

ASKAP Early Science – Mapping Hydrogen in Galaxy Groups

April 22, 2016

CSIRO Astronomy & Space Science (CASS) is looking for an enthusiastic Postdoctoral Fellow to join the vibrant and diverse CASS Astrophysics Group. Apply by 30 April 2016 . As a […]

The Highly Ordered Magnetic Field Structure of the Snail Nebula

April 21, 2016

by Stephen C.-Y. Ng (HKU) This is a composite radio image of the Snail pulsar wind nebula and the surrounding supernova remnant G327.1-1.1, taken with ATCA at 6cm and the […]