Find black holes while you’re on the bus
‘Radio Galaxy Zoo’ is a citizen-science project that lets anyone become a cosmic explorer. It uses data from the Australia Telescope Compact Array. More information.
ASKAP PAF receivers achieve performance goal
Recent tests of CSIRO’s innovative PAF receivers developed for radio astronomy have successfully demonstrated near-optimal system performance across the entire ASKAP band. Successful results have been achieved by CSIRO in […]
First absorption line for ASKAP
CSIRO’s ASKAP commissioning team has achieved a new science demonstration with the first HI absorption line measured with ASKAP antennas at the Murchison Radio-astronomy Observatory (MRO) in Western Australia. More […]
ATNF website updated
The main ATNF website ( has been migrated to a content management system (CMS). If you maintain webpages on this site you will need to read the help pages (see […]
National award recognises engineering excellence of ASKAP PAF
CSIRO’s innovative new PAF receiver system has taken home a national Engineers Australia Engineering Excellence Award at a ceremony in Canberra last night. The Australian Engineering Excellence Awards recognise world-class […]
CASS opens new office in Perth, WA
CSIRO Astronomy and Space Science is expanding its ‘footprint’ through a new presence in Perth, Western Australia (WA), complementing its existing ASKAP and SKA project support facilities at Geraldton, home […]
Supercomputer launches toward Big Data
Today marks the official operational launch of the iVEC Pawsey Centre – Australia’s newest supercomputer facility in Perth, Western Australia. Supercomputing resources at iVEC’s Pawsey Centre will be available for […]
Black hole jets pack a powerful punch
High-speed ‘jets’ spat out by black holes pack a lot of power because they contain heavy atoms, astronomers have found. More information.
Pill-popping galaxy hooked on gas
Our Galaxy may have been swallowing “pills” — clouds of gas with a magnetic wrapper — to keep making stars for the past eight billion years. More information.
Lead role for CSIRO in SKA R&D
CSIRO will play a lead role in the next stage of the development of the world’s largest radio telescope, the Square Kilometre Array (SKA), to be located in Australia and […]
CSIRO ASKAP Science Data Archive: Requirements and Use Cases: document release
Planning is underway for a core computing component of ASKAP – the CSIRO ASKAP Science Data Archive (CASDA). CASDA will store, manage and share science-ready ASKAP data products. A draft […]
CASS and industry develop specialised PAF casings for ASKAP
CSIRO’s ASKAP telescope is an internationally significant project using cutting-edge Australian technologies to demonstrate the innovative capacity of Australian science and industry. The ASKAP team has been working with local […]