ATNF Colloquium – ALMA CO surveys of the Fornax cluster and the Eridanus supergroup

January 17, 2024

Kana Morokuma (University of Tokyo) Abstract: The evolution of galaxies is affected by their surrounding environment. The star formation (SF) in galaxies in galaxy clusters is known to be less […]

Parkes Elvis Festival 2024

January 16, 2024

The Parkes Elvis Festival celebrated its 31st year this year! The theme for this year’s festival, held from January 10th to 14th, was Jailhouse Rock. The Parkes Observatory Visitor Centre […]

Royal Astronomical Society Award for ASKAP FRB research

January 15, 2024

The 2024 Jackson-Gwilt Award has been awarded to Keith Bannister and Ryan Shannon for their innovative use of ASKAP in studies of Fast Radio Bursts (FRBs). The citation reads, “The […]

Vacation Students ATCA observing trip

January 12, 2024

The CSIRO Space & Astronomy Undergraduate Vacation Scholarship Program is designed to provide students with the opportunity to work on a research project under the supervision of a CSIRO Space […]

The FLASH pilot survey for HI absorption – by Aditya et al.

January 11, 2024

Neutral hydrogen (HI) is the most abundant gaseous element in the interstellar medium of galaxies, and acts as a key reservoir for star formation, particularly in its cold phase. Probing […]

India to become full member of SKAO

January 10, 2024

India’s government has announced that it intends to join the SKA Observatory as a full member , and approved funding for the next seven years of construction. Plans are now […]

NASA’s Deep Space Network turns 60

January 9, 2024

NASA’s Deep Space Network marked its 60th anniversary on the 24th of December. In continuous operations since 1963, the DSN is what makes it possible for NASA to communicate with […]

New Year Honours for Phil Diamond

January 8, 2024

SKAO Director-General Phil Diamond was awarded a Commander of the British Empire (CBE) medal in the UK New Year Honours List in recognition of his services to global radio astronomy. […]

Season’s Greetings

December 22, 2023

Season’s Greetings to all ADAP readers! The log-periodic SKALA antennas being used for the SKA-Low telescope are often dubbed Christmas Trees, and so at this time of year it is […]

Season’s Greetings

December 21, 2023

Season’s Greetings to all ADAP readers! Each year CSIRO describes and names up to 200 insects that are new to science. The Sapphire Azure butterfly has bright iridescent blue upperwings […]

ATNF Colloquium – Radio stars and exoplanets

December 20, 2023

Joe Callingham (ASTRON) Abstract: One key question that astronomy is attempting to answer is whether there are habitable planets around stars other than our Sun. While we have entered an […]

ASKAP Update for December

December 19, 2023

The ASKAP update for December reports on survey progress, the status of ASKAP’s processing backlog, plans for operations over vacation period, and takes a look back over all that has […]