#Australia Telescope Compact Array

Call Sign: Big Red One – Tracking Santa

For over 50 years, it has been the privilege of space tracking stations and air traffic control centres all over […]

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 […]

A red and yellow disk with a twisty column coming up from it.

A newly hatched neutron star

The Compact Array has just helped a neutron star take years off its age. So much so that we think […]

NASA’s WISE with ATCA’s Eyes on Space

Astronomers using NASA’s Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) have spotted what appear to be two supermassive black holes at the heart […]

Wormhole Wednesday: Ghostly face in a cold place

It’s a little bit spooky, and very very cold. A recent release from the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) has […]

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 […]

World Space Week – Visit a Space Centre

Since 1999, the United Nations has designated the 4-10 October as World Space Week, a time to venture forth and learn more […]

The Spring flowers of space

An old star is “blooming” in the southern sky — and astronomers using the Australia Telescope Compact Array are a […]

Wormhole Wednesday: The Spring flowers of space

moeyasuku mata kieyasuki hotaru kana It lights up as easily as it fades the firefly! This haiku comes from the […]

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 […]

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 […]