CSIRO News Release – Dark `noodles’ may lurk in the Milky Way

January 22, 2016

Invisible structures shaped like noodles, lasagne sheets or hazelnuts could be floating around in our Galaxy radically challenging our understanding of gas conditions in the Milky Way. CSIRO astronomer and […]

Welcome to Stephen Ord 🙂

January 21, 2016

Stephen Ord started at CSIRO Astronomy and Space Science on the 4th of January 2016, coming to us from Perth’s Curtin University. He he come from working on the Murchison […]

ATNF Colloquium – Cold molecular gas in high-z proto-cluster radio galaxies: ATCA’s strength in the ALMA era

January 20, 2016

by Bjorn Emonts (Centro de Astrobiologia, CSIC-INTA, Madrid, Spain) Abstract: I will present ATCA result from a survey for cold molecular CO(1-0) gas in proto-cluster radio galaxies at z ~ […]

An Empirical Relation Between The Large-Scale Magnetic Field And The Dynamical Mass In Galaxies

January 19, 2016

by Fatemeh Tabatabaei (IAC, Spain) Abstract. The origin and evolution of cosmic magnetic fields as well as the influence of the magnetic fields on the evolution of galaxies are unknown. […]

Extended Tully-Fisher relations using HI stacking

January 18, 2016

by Scott Meyer (ICRAR, UWA) Abstract. Meyer et al. (2016) present a new technique for the statistical evaluation of the Tully-Fisher relation (TFR) using spectral line stacking. This technique has […]

Australia Telecope Compact Array

January 15, 2016

by Karlie and Dale ( DK Photography ) The Australia Telescope Compact Array (ATCA), located west of Narrabri in rural NSW, has an array of six 22m antennas, operated by […]

CSIRO ATNF Annual Report 2014

January 14, 2016

The 2014 Annual Report for CSIRO’s Australia Telescope National Facility (ATNF) is now available, edited by Helen Sim. Among the many contributions are the Director’s Report, Science Highlights, Observatory and […]

View of the Murchison river near Boolardy station

January 13, 2016

by Simon Johnston (CASS) This beautiful photo of the Murchison river near Boolardy station was taken in 2011.

Publication stats via ADS Bumblebee

January 12, 2016

Here an example of publication and citation stats created via ADS Bumblebee for papers with “CSIRO Astronomy and Space Science” or “Australia Telescope National Facility” author affilations since 1993.

The “Oh-my-God” particle

January 11, 2016

In today’s The Conversation article “Shooting the moon: the search for ultra high energy neutrinos” CSIRO Fellow Ron Ekers and Helen Sim describes not only the “Oh-my-God” particle, a particle […]

Eta Carina, a massive binary star

January 8, 2016

Eta Carinae is one of the most massive stars in our Galaxy. It underwent a massive outburst in the 1840s, during which is became the brightest star in the night […]

ATCA millimeter receivers

January 7, 2016

In 2001 CSIRO and U.S. telecommunications giant TRW formed a strategic alliance to develop high-performance gallium arsenide and indium phosphide components for radio astronomy, advanced millimetre-wave sensors and telecommunications systems. […]