2015 Eureka Prizes finalists announced
CSIRO’s Dr Lisa Harvey-Smith has been named a finalist in this year’s Australian Museum Eureka Prizes. While her day job is ASKAP Project Scientist, Lisa is also a dynamic communicator […]
ATNF’s TAC in the news during busy week of time assignment
The Marsfield headquarters of CSIRO Astronomy and Space Science welcomed the ABC to site this week, during the meetings of the ATNF Time Assignment Committee (TAC). CSIRO operates a number […]
2015/2016 CASS Undergraduate Vacation Scholarship Program: Applications Now Open
Applications are now open for the 2015/2016 CSIRO Astronomy and Space Science Undergraduate Vacation Scholarships. The 2015/16 Vacation Scholarship Program is designed to provide students with the opportunity to work […]
CSIRO and Internet investor Yuri Milner strike deal for ET search
The Breakthrough Prize Foundation has signed a multi-million dollar agreement with CSIRO to use the organisation’s 64-m Parkes radio telescope in eastern Australia to search for extraterrestrial intelligence. The search […]
Energy Made Clean to build off-grid solar power station for ASKAP
CSIRO has appointed EMC Solar Construction to engineer, procure and construct a 1.6 MW Solar Power Station at the Murchison Radio-astronomy Observatory (MRO), home to CSIRO’s newest radio telescope, ASKAP. […]
Australia embarks on SKA telescope treaty negotiations
Parliamentary Secretary for Industry and Science, Karen Andrews, today announced a new step towards realising Australia’s ambition to host next-generation radio telescope, the Square Kilometre Array (SKA). Visiting Australia’s SKA […]
Media Release: Australia captures world first close-ups of Pluto
After nine-and-a-half years and just over five billion kilometres, the much anticipated and incredibly long awaited close-up view of Pluto is only hours away. CSIRO’s Canberra Deep Space Communication Complex […]
Media Release: We’ve revealed a galaxy far, far away…
Astronomers have revealed a galaxy five billion light-years away, using CSIRO’s newest radio telescope, the Australian SKA Pathfinder, in remote Western Australia. CSIRO’s Dr James Allison led a research team […]
Balagardi Barnagardi launched in Canberra for NAIDOC week
A pop-up art exhibition was launched this week in Canberra, in celebration of artwork from the Wajarri Yamatji and the connection they have with the country in the remote Mid-West […]
Australia Telescope Online Archive Updated
The Australia Telescope Online Archive (ATOA) has been updated. Upgrades include changes to make it easier to download large files and large numbers of files. Files can now be downloaded […]
New lead announced for SKA Dish Consortium
CSIRO Astronomy and Space Science is delighted to announce the appointment of Roger Franzen to its team developing the SKA telescope. Roger will lead the SKA Dish Consortium, a multi-national […]
Parkes Senior System Scientist position advertised
CASS has advertisted for a Senior System Scientist to take a leading role in maximising the scientific productivity of the Parkes 64-m radio telescope. The successful candidate will be expected […]