CASS Teacher Scholarship for PULSE@Parkes
CASS is offering one teacher the chance to spend a week at CASS Headquarters in Sydney working alongside the PULSE@Parkes team in a research environment. This scholarship provides travel costs, […]
CASS Teacher Scholarship for PULSE@Parkes
CASS is offering one teacher the chance to spend a week at CASS Headquarters in Sydney working alongside the PULSE@Parkes team in a research environment. This scholarship provides travel costs, […]
New pulsar data archive available
We are pleased to announce that a new archive for Parkes pulsar data is now available. It currently includes data from the P262 young pulsar timing programme and the P595 […]
ATNF Telescope Applications for 2011 APRS
Applications for observing time are now invited for the 2011 APRS semester for the following telescopes: Australia Telescope Compact Array (ATCA) Parkes radio telescope Mopra radio telescope Tidbinbilla 70-m antenna […]
‘Russian doll’ galaxy reveals black holes’ true power
Massive black holes are more powerful than we thought. That’s what astronomers have concluded after using a CSIRO telescope to study what is in effect a miniature galaxy buried inside […]
Super Science Fellow for WALLABY – the ASKAP HI All-Sky Survey
Applications are invited for a 3-year Super Science Fellowship at CSIRO Astronomy & Space Science / ATNF. – We are currently constructing ASKAP, the “Australian Square Kilometre Array Pathfinder”, a […]
Postdoc position in Galactic and Magellanic Evolution with ASKAP
Applications are invited for a three-year post-doctoral OCE fellowship at the CSIRO Astronomy and Space Science (CASS) – Australia Telescope National Facility to work on an exciting new survey of […]
CSIRO “hot rods” old telescope
CSIRO has helped transform the University of SydneyÂ’s radio telescope into a world-class instrument, and along the way has learned lessons for its own ASKAP (Australian SKA Pathfinder) telescope. More […]
2011 CASS Teacher Workshops in Astronomy now open for bookings
We are now taking bookings for our teacher workshops for Semester 1 2011. You can sign up for the one-day Astrophysics for Physics Teachers workshop at Marsfield in March or […]
PULSE@Parkes Observing Slots for Oct 2010 – Feb 2011 Now Available
Observing slots for the PULSE@Parkes Oct 2010 – Feb 2011 semester are now open. Students in Years 10-12 can have a unique experience to control the iconic 64-m Parkes radio […]
A new way to weigh planets
An international CSIRO-led team of astronomers has developed a new way to weigh the planets in our Solar System – using radio signals from the small spinning stars called pulsars. […]
2010 CASS Summer Vacation Scholarships: Applications Now Open
Summer vacation scholarships are offered each year at CSIRO Astronomy and Space Science for undergraduate students who have completed three years or more of undergraduate education in Physics, Maths, Computer […]