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Four maps showing the galaxy Circinus at different wavelengths; on the far left is a multi-coloured swirling image on a black background; second from left is a blue swirl on a black background; second from right is a red swirl on a black background; on the far right is a green swirl on a black background.

Revealing Circinus’ hidden beauty

The natural world – from the internal structure of cells to enormous galaxies far, far away – is astoundingly beautiful. […]

Five white radio telescope dishes point to the night sky, the dishes are illuminated

Are you ready to be a radio astronomy detective?

At the end of last year we brought you a new citizen science program: Radio Galaxy Zoo. Now, five months […]

Aerial view of antenna 6 (ATCA). Thanks Max! Photo by Tui Britton.

Tui’s Tips for Astronomy PhD Students

Today's post is written by Tui Britton, a PhD student at Macquarie University and co-supervised at CSIRO Astronomy and Space Science. I […]

Wormhole Wednesday: Hunting for black holes

How did you spend your summer holiday? The students that took part in astronomy projects with us for the CSIRO […]

HEAT-ing up in the coolest place on Earth

Today we're reading about some very cool (literally!) results just released in The Astrophysical Journal by a team of astronomers […]

A small bright spot shaped like a teardrop, trailing a long pink tail with a kink in it.

Freaky pulsar flaunts its tail

Like an exotic dancer trailing a feather boa, a newly studied weirdo pulsar is trailing a ‘tail’ of particles across […]

An example of a Radio Galaxy Zoo composite image showing the radio jets as contours with a central core galaxy in infrared.

Radio Galaxy Zoo – Help Hunt Down Supermassive Black Holes

Lurking at the core of most galaxies, supermassive black holes sometimes give themselves away through huge jets of radio emission […]

Move-it Monday: the 400th reconfiguration of ATCA

It's only been a few short weeks since we celebrated the 25th anniversary of the Australia Telescope Compact Array in […]

What a weekend! ATCA turns 25

If a picture is worth 1000 words, then today’s photo gallery will certainly tell a tale of our weekend in […]

Monday memories: Opening ATCA

Today is officially the 25th anniversary of the Australia Telescope Compact Array opening. At the time, the telescope was called […]

Reasons we love the ATCA

In the lead up to the 25th anniversary of our Australia Telescope Compact Array in Narrabri, I spoke to people […]

ATCA’s Silver Jubilee

This week our Australia Telescope Compact Array turns 25. Read more about its stellar history and check out this impressive […]