ATCA remote observing

November 27, 2015

by Ann Mao (MPIfR Bonn, Germany) ATCA remote observing from the Science Operations Center at CSIRO’s Australia Telescope National Facility (ATNF) in Sydney. The photo shows Ann Mao, visiting from […]

Emission-rotation correlation in pulsars: new discoveries with optimal techniques

November 26, 2015

by Simon Johnston (CASS) Brook et al. (2015) show that the profiles of radio pulsars can change with time and that this change is accompanied by changes in the spin-down […]

ATNF Colloquium – Formation and evolution of diffuse molecular filaments

November 25, 2015

by Eva Ntormousi (Saclay, France) Abstract. The interstellar medium is threaded by a complex network of molecular filaments which range from low-density, relatively diffuse structures to dense, star-forming regions. The […]

ATNF Summer Students 2015

November 24, 2015

by Martin Bell (CASS) Welcoming our cohort of summer students for 2015. We have 12 students plus two indigenous cadets that are working on a broad range of projects in […]

Australia & China: 40 years of science collaboration

November 23, 2015

Featured recently in the CSIRO Blog are eight examples of Australia – China collaboration successes (article by Felicity Kelly and Larissa Cordner, 20 Nov 2015) in collaboration with the Chinese […]

Dark proteomes: the dark matter of the protein universe

November 22, 2015

A recent CSIRO press release, “Secrets of the dark proteome” , features work by Sean O’Donoghue, a data visualisation scientist with CSIRO and the Garvan Institute, and his collaborators on […]

ATNF Colloquium – The frequency and properties of young tidal dwarf galaxies in nearby gas-rich groups

November 18, 2015

by Karen Lee-Waddell (CASS) Many galaxies reside in group environments where tidal interactions dominate the dynamics of the contained members. Gaseous material pulled from initial close encounters between galaxies can […]

Welcome to Xinping Deng !

November 15, 2015

Xinping Deng is a new postdoctoral fellow at ATNF. He will spend one year with us in Australia and then two years at the Max-Planck-Institute for Radio Astronomy (MPIFR) in […]

Huntsman selfie

November 14, 2015

by Lee Spitler (UMacquarie/AAO) Pictured is Lee Spitler (right), co-PI of the Huntsman project , and Juan Madrid (left), new member of CSIRO Astronomy and Space Science (CASS) and the […]

Parkes, the gift that keeps on giving

November 13, 2015

The above picture is one of several in this lovely article on CSIRO’s Parkes Telescope by Helen Sim from 14 Oct 2013.

HI tidal tails, bridges and clouds

November 12, 2015

by Bärbel Koribalski (CASS) Neutral hydrogen gas (HI) is abundant in most galaxies, but it is also found well outside their stellar envelopes where it contributes to the intergalactic medium. […]

ATNF Colloquium – The importance of the Earth’s atmosphere propagation medium effects on radio astronomical observations

November 11, 2015

by Maria Rioja (UWA/CASS) Abstract. The Earth’s atmosphere leaves its fingerprints on the incoming radiation waves which are observed from ground telescopes. These propagation effects are manifested in very distinct […]