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Mr Ernie Dingo and Ms Leonie Boddington, our Aboriginal Liaison Officer, under one of the ASKAP antennas at the Murchison Radio-astronomy Observatory.

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

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

ASKAP telescope speeds up the hunt for new Fast Radio Bursts

It used to take weeks to find any of these mysterious signals from deep in space but when the new telescope started looking it found one within days. Then another.

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.

The new stamp sheet from The Netherlands and Beyond series focuses on the unique and centuries-long relationship between the Netherlands and Australia. Credit: PostNL

Putting our stamp on history

The Netherlands have issued a new stamp series showcasing the unique 400 year relationship between the Netherlands and Australia - and we've made the cut!

What to do when your atomic clock just isn’t accurate enough

Find out how our Australian researchers are developing a super-stable atomic clock to keep the Square Kilometre Array in sync.

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.

Night time view of dishes that are part of the Australian Square Kilometre Array Pathfinder (ASKAP) - a next-generation radio telescope in remote Western Australia

Astronomers detect mass of one quadrillion Earths

Dr Lisa Harvey-Smith and colleagues estimated the mass of a super massive black hole using data captured by ATCA and ASKAP.

Using fast radio bursts to weigh the Universe

A newly discovered fast radio burst six billion years in the making will help us to weigh the universe

Euro vision for the world’s largest radio telescope

You might have heard about the Square Kilometre Array, and how it will transform the way we understand the Universe, but have you ever stopped to think what it takes to build the world’s largest radio telescope?

Shooting the moon: the search for ultra high energy neutrinos

When looking for evidence of some of the universe's mysterious high energy particles, why not enlist the help of our nearest neighbour: the moon?

Australia’s astronomy future in a climate of cutbacks

By Lewis Ball, CSIRO The future looks very bright for Australian radio astronomy but it was somewhat clouded earlier this […]

The first images from ASKAP reveal slices through space

By Lisa Harvey-Smith, CSIRO The first images from Australia’s Square Kilometre Array Pathfinder (ASKAP) telescope have given scientists a sneak […]