Nation’s top awards to CSIRO scientists
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.
ASKAP Antenna Passes Factory Testing
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 sets science path for new telescope
CSIRO has chosen the major science projects that its Australian SKA Pathfinder (ASKAP) telescope will tackle in its first five years. More information.
ASKAP Survey Science Announcement
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 […]
Star-birth myth ‘busted’
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 to tweet telescope takeover
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 […]
One small step in the search for moonwalk tapes
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 reveal a ‘blue whale of space’
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 […]
From radio astronomy to wireless communication
A CSIRO invention lies at the heart of the wireless networks that are now the most popular way to connect computers without wires. More information.
Astronomer catch a star being revved-up
Researchers have witnessed a star being transformed into an object that spins at almost 600 times a second, using telescopes in the USA and the Netherlands, and CSIRO?s Parkes radio […]
Federal Budget: Funds for the Stars of Radio Astronomy
Australia’s position as a world leader in radio astronomy has been strengthened with the announcement in the Federal Budget of $80million of funds for the Australian National Centre for SKA […]
Parkes: “The sound of the Universe singing” – ABC Radio National
ABC Radio National will broadcast a 50-minute program on the Parkes telescope, “The sound of the Universe singing”, at 14:05 AEST, Saturday 9 May. More information.