ATCA helps solve mystery of the blue flashesDecember 23, 2025Along with images from ground-based and space telescopes, researchers now think these blue flashes are caused by huge black holes tearing an entire star apart in just a few days.December ATNF News out nowDecember 11, 2025All Sky and AI highlights, ATCA Science Day and BIGCAT commissioning review, plus meet our executive officers!A year in reviewDecember 11, 2025Our ATNF annual report for the 2024-25 financial year has been published.The sky is brightDecember 4, 2025A team of researchers and engineers have made the most precise measurement yet of low-frequency background radio emissions from space.Radio astronomy powers precision in particle acceleratorsNovember 26, 2025Techniques for calibrating radio telescopes have been successfully applied to calibrating beamlines in particle accelerators.Apply now for 2026APR semester observing timeNovember 21, 2025We’re pleased to announce that proposals for ATNF observing time are now open for the 2026APR semester. Grab your chance to use some of our new receivers and facilities.A new view of the Milky WayNovember 17, 2025Astronomers from ICRAR and the ATNF have created the largest low-frequency radio colour image of the Milky Way ever assembled.Musing on the sky with AIAugust 28, 2025CSIRO’s ASKAP radio telescope is used by researchers to create enormous maps of the Universe by repeatedly scanning the sky. To generate these maps ASKAP collects data at the rate […]Gold Pleaides awarded to CSIRO Space and AstronomyJuly 10, 2025Over the past two years we made considerable progress towards our diversity, inclusion and reconciliation goals, building on our earlier progress.Show more Find out more Sign up to our newsletterGet the latest news from the Australia Telescope National Facility with our newsletter ATNF NewsRead previous newslettersSee what we’ve been up to over the past years, find your favourite science story, or relive our historic images.Discover more CSIRO newsVisit the CSIRO website for news stories from across all our research and technology endeavours.
