Radio astronomy Archives

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Interference kills the radio star finder

How do you power the world's fastest radio telescope in the remote Australian outback with renewable energy when power stations interfere with the radio signals?

Ernie Dingo visits our outback astronomy observatory – in his beloved backyard

Wajarri Yamatji Elder and Australian TV personality Ernie Dingo stopped by to check out our Australian Square Kilometre Array Pathfinder telescope.

‘Hairy stars’ may be roaming our galaxy

Looking at the radio emissions from distant quasars, which appear to twinkle, researchers from Many Astrophyics have found what they think might be the answer: hairy stars.

Space

First look inside NASA’s new command centre

An exclusive look at NASA’s brand new command centre near Canberra built to facilitate communications between Earth and the first people to walk on Mars.

Space

One woman’s role in designing the world’s largest radio telescope

The Square Kilometre Array, or SKA, is a next-generation radio telescope that will be vastly more sensitive than the best present-day instruments. It will give astronomers remarkable insights into the formation of the early Universe, including the emergence of the first stars, galaxies and other structures. We caught up with research engineer Mia Baquiran to find out more about this amazing new instrument and her role in getting it off the ground and into the skies.

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The Australian Square Kilometre Array Pathfinder finally hits the big-data highway

After months of running in test-mode, the Australian Square Kilometre Array Pathfinder telescope is now gathering data at an incredible rate to give us a new look at how our universe works.

Space

The Dish joins global search for new signs of life

Breakthrough Listen — the largest search for extraterrestrial life — has launched today at our Parkes radio telescope, turning its mighty eye on the 'exo-Earth' Proxima b.

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ATCA reveals white dwarfs, red dwarfs and mystery rays

Observations made by our Australia Telescope Compact Array have provided the ‘coup dé grace’ of evidence in the discovery of a unique pair of stars, proving for the first time that white dwarf stars do emit pulsating radiation.

How CSIRO is turbocharging the world’s largest radio telescopes

We're turbocharging the world's largest telescope with a 19-beam receiver, made and built by our engineers.

Space

Dish at Parkes serves up the answer to one of life’s greatest mysteries

Using sensitive radio telescopes, including our very own ‘Dish’ at Parkes, a team of international scientists have for the first time discovered a chiral molecule outside of our solar system.

Space

Solving universal mysteries all in a night’s work for ASKAP

Think you know all there is to know about our newest radio telescope, ASKAP? Think again.

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Ex-eter marks the spot for Tassie pulsar hunters

Astronomer Shari Breen returns to her high school via the PULSE@Parkes program to look out for pulsars.

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