CSIRO launches the ASKAP telescope – and a new chapter for radio astronomy begins

Today, after several years of design and construction, CSIRO’s Australian Square Kilometre Array Pathfinder (ASKAP) is officially open. The A$140m facility, built in the remote Murchison Shire of Western…

8 March 2012

Khgy7b75-1331096115 — WA’s wealth comes from underground, but the sky holds vast treasures as well. WA Department of Commerce

More than mining: why Western Australia is perfect for radio astronomy and the SKA

By Steven Tingay, Curtin University

Western Australia is world-famous for its vast mineral reserves, but if the astronomy community has its way, the state will soon be equally famous for advancing our understanding of the universe and the…

1 February 2012

57x9k9hb-1328054511 — An artist’s conception of the Square Kilometre Array. Swinburne Astronomy Productions/SKA Program Development Office

Australia’s bid for the Square Kilometre Array – an insider’s perspective

By Lisa Harvey-Smith, CSIRO

Australia and New Zealand could be on the brink of a major scientific coup. In roughly a month’s time, the site for the Square Kilometre Array (SKA) radio telescope will be announced. Australia and New…

20 June 2011

Mark_garlick_university_of_warwick — When a black hole devours a nearby star, bright gamma-ray flashes can result. Mark Garlick (University of Warwick)

Death of a star: how radio waves can capture a cosmic obituary

By Tara Murphy

Some 3.8 billion years ago a star in the constellation of Draco wandered a little too close to a nearby black hole. The star was violently torn apart by the black hole’s tidal forces, creating two massive…

12 April 2011

Csiro_askap_2010 — Are CSIRO’s ASKAP antennas in Boolardy a precursor to greater things? By Ant Schinckel, CSIRO

Hip hip hooray for the (Aussie?) Square Kilometre Array

By Bryan Gaensler

We know a lot about what the universe looks like and how it works. But what we’ve been able to figure out about the cosmos is dwarfed by all the things we don’t know. How do galaxies, stars and planets…

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7 July 2011

One step closer to the Square Kilometre Array?

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Six radio telescopes in Australia and New Zealand have worked in concert to observe a distant radio source, believed to be…

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CSIRO launches the ASKAP telescope – and a new chapter for radio astronomy begins

More than mining: why Western Australia is perfect for radio astronomy and the SKA

Australia’s bid for the Square Kilometre Array – an insider’s perspective

Death of a star: how radio waves can capture a cosmic obituary

Hip hip hooray for the (Aussie?) Square Kilometre Array

Research Briefs (1)

One step closer to the Square Kilometre Array?

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Bryan Gaensler

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Arie Huidenkooper

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