Support your mental health and wellbeing

December 12, 2024

As the year wraps up, it can be a time of additional pressure, amplifying stress and personal challenges, so it is important to prioritise our mental health and well-being.

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Apply now for 2025APR semester observing time

December 11, 2024

We’re pleased to announce that proposals for ATNF observing time are now open for the 2025APR semester, Grab your chance to use one of the world’s most advanced radio astronomy facilities.

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The October ATNF News out now

October 28, 2024

Catch up on our latest developments, upgrades, events, and research headlines in our October edition. Hear about a mysterious long-period transient; get updates on CryoPAF and CRACO commissioning; and discover what accessibility means for websites.

First fringes between SKA-Low stations

September 20, 2024

The SKA-Low has begun to work as an interferometer, with first fringes showing successful correlation between two stations.

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Unprecedented behaviour detected from nearby magnetar

April 9, 2024

Captured by cutting-edge radio telescope technology, a chance reactivation of a magnetar has revealed an unexpectedly complex environment.

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ATCA becomes stellar ‘speed camera’ in world-first measurement

April 2, 2024

For the first time, the super-fast speeds of a neutron star’s powerful jets have been recorded by CSIRO’s Australia Telescope Compact Array on Gomeroi Country and the European Space Agency’s […]

Access to ASKAP data update

February 7, 2024

​16 Feb 2024: The majority of archival ASKAP data is now available via the CASDA portal and we’re currently migrating recent data deposits. No data has been lost. We anticipate […]

ATNF part of research into anonymising infrastructure applications

February 1, 2024

The Office of the Women in STEM Ambassador Initiative has released their findings into the effectiveness of anonymising applications for gender equality and the promotion of early career researchers. Our […]

Ultra-deep ATCA Imaging of 47 Tucanae Reveals a Central Compact Radio Source

January 25, 2024

A team of astronomers led by Alessandro Paduano (ICRAR/Curtin) have published the results of an ultra-deep radio continuum survey, containing 480 hr of observations, of the Galactic globular cluster 47 […]

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