A search for the host galaxy of FRB 171020
A new paper in Astrophysical Journal Letters outlines a possible location for one of 20 recently identified fast radio bursts (FRBs). Narrowed down to a galaxy near our own, this […]
Astronomers witness slow death of nearby galaxy
Astronomers from ANU and CSIRO have witnessed, in the finest detail ever, the slow death of the Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC), which is gradually losing its power to form stars. […]
Aussie telescope almost doubles known number of mysterious ‘fast radio bursts’
Australian researchers using a CSIRO radio telescope in Western Australia have nearly doubled the known number of ‘fast radio bursts’— powerful flashes of radio waves from deep space. More information.
Postdoctoral fellowship positions available
CSIRO Astronomy and Space Science currently has three postdoctoral fellowship positions open. Please follow the links below for more details. Bolton Postdoctoral Fellow, Radio Astronomy /​ Applications close: Tuesday 6 […]
Applications for PULSE@Parkes sessions for Oct 2018 – March 2019 now open
Applications are now open for schools who wish to apply for a PULSE@Parkes observing session. We have slots available from October 2018 through March 2019. Students will control the 64m […]
Applications now open for 2018/19 CASS Undergraduate Vacation Scholarships
Get hands-on research experience Access CSIRO’s world-class facilities Apply for a CSIRO Vacation Scholarship today! Our Undergraduate Vacation Scholarships are run over the Australian summer holidays and offer high achieving […]
Astronomers observe the magnetic field of the remains of Supernova 1987A
For the first time, astronomers have directly observed the magnetism in one of astronomy’s most studied objects: the remains of Supernova 1987A (SN 1987A), a dying star that appeared in […]
Discovery in the sky with nanodiamonds
A faint and mysterious stream of microwaves emanating from star systems far out in the Milky Way could be caused by tiny diamonds. New research led by researchers at Cardiff […]
Telescope’s ‘bionic ear’ hears more of the Universe
New technology installed on CSIRO’s Parkes radio telescope today will let astronomers ‘hear’ a wider range of radio waves from objects in space, opening the way to new science. The […]
First publication from MeerKAT a significant milestone
South Africa’s MeerKAT radio telescope has been used to observe a magnetar that awoke in 2017 from a 3-year slumber, and the results have been published in the first science […]
New PULSE@Parkes observing slots now open for schools
Observing sessions for our PULSE@Parkes free education program are now open to applications from high schools. We have sessions available from April to September 2018. More information.
Signs of earliest stars seen from Australia
Using a small radio telescope at our Murchison Radio-astronomy Observatory (MRO) in Western Australia, US astronomers have detected a signal from the first stars to have emerged in the early […]