Radio astronomy Archives

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24 things you didn’t know about CSIRO (that could help you win the next trivia comp)

We like to help solve big problems. If that problem happens to be a tough question about us at your next trivia night, we've got your back.

Space

The search for the source of a mysterious fast radio burst comes relatively close to home

Astronomers think they've identified which galaxy was the source of a blast radio energy, over in a fraction of a second. And it's much closer to us than the others detected, so far.

Space

Explosions in the sky: ASKAP detects 20 new Fast Radio Bursts

It took the world's telescopes 10 years to find approximately 20 FRBs. Using ASKAP, a team of Aussie scientist have been able to find 20 in one year.

Space

Listening out for alien worlds

Are we alone in the Universe? This question drives many of us to look to the stars. But rather than wait for aliens to drop by, researchers are looking for hints of life on other worlds.

Space

Birth of the first stars seen from Australia

After nearly a decade of listening with a custom-built, table-sized antenna at our Murchison Radio-astronomy Observatory in remote Western Australia, researchers have detected signs of the first stars to emerge in the Universe.

Space
Tech

Our top telescope tech travels FAST

We’ve designed and built a specialised ‘camera’ for the world’s largest single dish telescope. Soon it will be searching the skies for pulsars.

Space

ASKAP helps us see more of our intergalatic neighbour

Everybody likes to know their neighbours, even on a galactic scale. Our new ASKAP telescope has given us the most detailed radio image yet of our closest neighbour, the dwarf galaxy known as the Small Magellanic Cloud.

Few Australians know the unique role the country plays in the global space network

Australia is positioned perfectly to look up into the centre of the galaxy — something you can’t do from many other parts of the world. That outstanding location and our world-class capability in space science underpins a phenomenal contribution to international space programs.

Space

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.

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