2014 Science Highlights – TANAMI monitoring of Centaurus A: The complex dynamics in the inner parsec of an extragalactic jet

January 10, 2015

Mueller et al. (2014) observed the active galactic nucleus of Centaurus A (CenA) approximately every six months at 8.4 GHz with the Australian Long Baseline Array (LBA) and associated telescopes […]

2014 Science Highlights – Deep radio observations of the radio halo of the bullet cluster 1E 0657-55.8

January 9, 2015

Shimwell et al. (2014) present deep 1.1-3.1 GHz Australia Telescope Compact Array observations of the radio halo of the bullet cluster, 1E 0657-55.8. In comparison to existing images of this […]

2014 Science Highlights – CO(1-0) survey of high-z radio galaxies: alignment of molecular halo gas with distant radio sources

January 8, 2015

Emonts et al. (2014) present a CO(1-0) survey for cold molecular gas in a representative sample of 13 high-z radio galaxies (HzRGs) at 1.4

Hello from the AAS225 Exhibition Hall

January 7, 2015

by Flornes Yuen (CASS) CSIRO Astronomy and Space Science (CASS) staff are attending the 225th meeting of the American Astronomical Society (AAS) in Seattle this week. The meeting welcomes around […]

2014 Science Highlights – Southern class I methanol masers at 36 and 44 GHz

January 6, 2015

Voronkov et al. (2014) used the Australia Telescope Compact Array (ATCA) for high angular resolution imaging of 71 southern class I methanol maser sources quasi-simultaneously at 36 and 44 GHz. […]

2014 Science Highlights – The Jet and Arc Molecular Clouds toward Westerlund 2

January 5, 2015

Furukawa et al. (2014) present new 12 CO and 13 CO (J=2-1 and J=1-0) observations of two molecular clouds made with NANTEN2 and the Mopra Telescope. The so-called “jet” and […]

2014 Science Highlights – Spatially-resolved dust properties of the GRB 980425 host galaxy

January 4, 2015

Michalowski et al. (2014) present spatially resolved maps of dust emission of the host galaxy of the closest known GRB 980425 at z = 0.0085 using our new high-resolution observations […]

2014 Science Highlights – The kinematics and orbital dynamics of the PSR B1259-63 / LS 2883 system from 23 yr of pulsar timing

January 3, 2015

Shannon, Johnston & Manchester (2014) present an analysis of 23 yr of pulse arrival times for PSR B1259-63 with the 64-m Parkes Telescope. The pulsar is in a binary orbit […]

Mopra view of the Galactic Plane

January 2, 2015

by Erik Muller (NAOJ) The above image is a 3-colour composite of the molecular gas within our Galaxy, showing a tiny part of “The Three-mm Ultimate Mopra Milky Way Survey” […]

Happy New Year 2015

January 1, 2015

Happy New Year 2015 from @CSIRO_ATNF ! We wish you a great year of discoveries and science adventures. This picture was taken in the Australia Telescope Compact Array (ATCA) control […]

2014 Science Highlights

December 31, 2014

On New Year’s Eve we present you with a selection of ATNF Science Highlights from refereed publications during 2014.

2014 Science Highlights – Evidence of an asteroid encountering a pulsar

December 30, 2014

Brook et al. (2014) present the results of long-term monitoring of PSR J0738-4042 with the Parkes telescope. They found that its pulse shape changed multiple times between 1988 and 2012. […]