Gravitational waves “know” how black holes grow
Supermassive black holes: every large galaxy’s got one. But how did they grow so big? A paper in today’s issue of the journal Science pits the front-running ideas about the […]
ASKAP spies spectral line for first time
ASKAP has made its first ever detection of a spectral line, using three ASKAP antennas at the Murchison Radio-astronomy Observatory (MRO) in Western Australia. The observation was performed remotely by […]
Position available: Bolton Fellowship in Wide-field radio astronomy
Applications are invited for the 2014 Bolton Fellowship in Wide-field radio astronomy. This is a prestigious three-year postdoctoral fellowship to be taken at CASS. Applications close 18 November 2014. Apply […]
Feedback sought on ASKAP Early Science Program
Feedback is now being sought from the astronomy community on ASKAP Early Science, a program of observations designed to explore new scientific parameter-space with ASKAP before the construction of the […]
Astronomers find ‘missing link’ pulsar
An international team of astronomers has used X-ray telescopes in space and ground-based telescopes, including two of CSIRO’s, to identify a pulsar that switches between emitting X-rays and emitting radio […]
ASKAP PAF system wins Engineering Excellence award
ASKAP’s innovative new receiver technology – the phased array feed (PAF) – has picked up the ‘Innovations and Inventions’ award at the Sydney branch Engineering Excellence Awards ceremony for Engineers […]
ASKAP gains Early Adopter access to supercomputer
Recently, the iVEC Pawsey Centre in Perth saw successful installation of its supercomputing facilities – which include partitions for multi-purpose research and real-time processing of radio astronomy data from major […]
Magnetic field may shape “blooming” star
A star is “blooming” in the southern sky — and astronomers using a CSIRO telescope are a step closer to knowing why. More information.
Mark McKinnon to lead SKA Dish Array Consortium
CSIRO Astronomy and Space Science Chief Lewis Ball has announced that Dr Mark McKinnon will soon join CSIRO as a member of CASS and of the team developing the SKA […]
Plans underway for CSIRO ASKAP Science Data Archive
While commissioning continues with the Australian SKA Pathfinder (ASKAP) telescope at the Murchison Radio-astronomy Observatory (MRO) in Western Australia, planning is now also underway for a core computing component – […]
CSIRO telescope marks 25 years of success
One of the world’s most successful astronomy observatories, CSIRO’s Australia Telescope Compact Array near Narrabri, NSW, turns 25 years of age on 2 September. More information.
First full VLBI session held at Marsfield SOC
During 14-19 August, a VLBI session was held in the Science Operations Centre (SOC) at Marsfield’s CSIRO Astronomy and Science (CASS) headquarters. The five-day observing session marked a significant milestone, […]