Systems Scientist Employment Opportunity
Applications are invited for a systems scientist position at the ATNF, AustraliaÂ’s principal radio astronomical facility. More information.
Gamma-Ray Burst Mystery Solved: Exploding Stars the Culprit
Australian telescopes have helped provide the clinching evidence that gamma-ray bursts – the biggest bangs in the Universe – are produced when massive stars explode and their cores collapse to […]
Equipment Built At “The Dish” Goes To China
On Monday 20 May staff at CSIRO’s Parkes Observatory  home of “the Dish”  will pack a special delivery for the Urumqi Astronomical Observatory in far western China. It’s […]
ATNF Newsletter available online
The February 2002 edition of the ATNF News is now available online. More information.
ATNF Marsfield website launched!
This week we have released the new-look central ATNF web site. We hope you find this easier to use and to navigate. Inevitably some of the links on our previous […]
Science Minister McGauran Visits the ATNF
The Australia Telescope National Facility and the Anglo-Australian Observatory were proud to host a visit on the 15th of February by the Federal Minister for Science, the Honorable Peter McGauran, […]
Astronomers find star stretched to bursting point
Astronomers have found a weird double-star system – a super-fast spinning pulsar whose gravity has deformed its companion star into a giant red teardrop. The discovery was made by astronomers […]
CSIRO-TRW Alliance Explores Speedy Semiconductors
CSIRO and U.S. telecommunications giant TRW have formed a strategic alliance to develop high-performance gallium arsenide and indium phosphide components for radio astronomy, advanced millimetre-wave sensors and telecommunications systems. More […]