The CSIRO Astronomy and Space Science Education Newsletter for Term 2, 2010 is now online. In it you can find out more about professional development events including a two-day workshop […]

Using a CSIRO radio telescope, an international team of researchers has caught an enormous cloud of cosmic gas and dust in the process of collapsing in on itself – a […]

CSIRO has been awarded three of the Australian Research Council’s new Super Science Fellowships, worth a total of $835,000 over three years, to develop technology for the international Square Kilometre […]

The Southern Cross Astrophysics conference series aim to attract experts with wide ranging skills to discuss a particular astrophysical topic. For this meeting we expect to hear talks and have […]

CSIRO and Australian company Sapphicon Semiconductor Pty Ltd have signed an agreement to jointly develop a complete radio receiver on a chip measuring just 5 mm x 5 mm that […]

Observing slots for the PULSE@Parkes April – September semester are now open. Students in Years 10-12 can have a unique experience to control the iconic 64-m Parkes radio telescope remotely […]

The first antenna to be assembled as part of the Australia Square Kilometre Array Pathfinder (ASKAP) telescope, an important precursor to the Square Kilometre Array, has received its first radio […]

The first CASS Education Newsletter for 2010 is now available online. It provides details about upcoming CASS teacher workshops and other professional development opportunities. Find out how you can joins […]

Following an extensive search and selection process, a senior researcher and university executive, Dr Philip Diamond, has been appointed Chief of CSIRO’s Astronomy and Space Science Division. More information.

A new Division, CSIRO Astronomy and Space Science (CASS), has been formed bringing together CSIRO’s radio astronomy capabilities (the Australia Telescope National Facility), NASA Operations (including the Canberra Deep Space […]

For his achievements in astronomy and wireless technologies, CSIRO’s Dr John O’Sullivan has been recognised with the nation’s pre-eminent science award & the Prime Minister’s Prize for Science. More information.

Australia Telescope National Facility staff travelled to China at the end of September 2009 to undertake factory acceptance testing of the first Australian Square Kilometre Array Pathfinder (ASKAP) 12-metre antenna. […]