Australian SKA Planning Office newsletter no.8 now available
ASPO Newsletter No. 8: Latest milestones for the NTD and SKAMP; new appointments and SKA job opportunities in WA More information.
General relativity survives gruelling pulsar test
Astronomers have used a pair of pulsars orbiting each other, found with CSIROÂ’s Parkes telescope in 2003, to show that EinsteinÂ’s theory of general relativity is correct to within 0.05% […]
SKA News: Industry Newsletter No 8
Latest Australian SKA Industry Newsletter is now available More information.
ASAP 2.1 released
We are pleased to announce the release of version 2.1 of the ATNF Spectral Analysis Package (ASAP). This software is intended to be used for analysis of spectral line observations […]
Australian SKA Planning Office Newsletter issue 7 now available
This special issue of the ASPO newsletter gives an overview of SKA-related projects in Australia and New Zealand. More information.
Part-time position available – Astronomy Research Assistant – Approx 12-15 hours per week
The ATNF requires an assistant with a science component to their education, familiarity with computing, use of internet resources and preferably an interest in astronomy, for approximately 12-15 hours per […]
New Assistant Director at the ATNF, leading the xNTD and SKA Phase 1 Theme
We have great pleasure in announcing that Dr Dave DeBoer has been appointed as the new Assistant Director at the ATNF, leading the xNTD and SKA Phase 1 Theme. Dave […]
Parkes finds unexpected ‘heartbeats’ in star
A US-Australian research team found that a “magnetar” – a kind of star with the strongest magnetic fields known in the Universe – is giving off extraordinary radio pulses, which […]
Job Opportunity – Software Engineer
The ATNF has a position available as part of the team working on the development of the xNTD computer capabilities. More information.
Job Opportunity – Software Engineer
THE ATNF has a position available as part of the team working on the development of the xNTD computer capabilities. More information.
Job Opportunity – Software Developer
The ATNF is building a team to work on the development of the xNTD computer capabilities. More information.
Position available for CSIRO employees – Data Transmission Specialist
The ATNF is developing a new generation of instrumentation for radio astronomy that makes increasing use of high-speed digitisers, and capitalises on access to long distance (hundreds of km), high-speed […]