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. […]

CSIRO has chosen the major science projects that its Australian SKA Pathfinder (ASKAP) telescope will tackle in its first five years. More information.

Since 2008, an open and international process to determine the major Survey Science Projects to be conducted by the Australian SKA Pathfinder (ASKAP) telescope has been proceeding. CSIRO ATNF can […]

An international team of researchers has debunked one of astronomy’s long held beliefs about how stars are formed, using a set of galaxies found with CSIRO’s Parkes radio telescope. More […]

Students from three Melbourne high schools will take control of CSIRO’s famous Parkes telescope in NSW using the internet today (Wednesday August 12) and post their results on Twitter. More […]

The world will get the first glimpse of what the historic Apollo 11 moonwalk really looked like thanks to the exceptional footage taken from Australian telescopes. More information.

CSIRO astronomers have revealed the hidden face of an enormous galaxy called Centaurus A, which emits a radio glow covering an area 200 times bigger than the full Moon. More […]