Astronomy & Space

CSIRO spinout Quasar launches multibeam satellite ground station

ITWire, Other, 08/12/2023, Kenn Anthony Mendoza Australian startup Quasar has launched its world first Space Domain Awareness (SDA) capabilities, a […]

Scientists detect most distant fast radio burst ever

Canberra Times, Other, 20/10/2023, Aaron Bunch Astronomers in Western Australia have detected the most distant burst of fast radio waves […]

Climate change is disrupting ocean currents. Researchers are using satellites and ships to understand how

The Conversation Earth's ocean is incredibly vast. That is why we are heading out to sea on the state-of-the-art CSIRO […]

Mysterious cosmic ribbons discovered by WA radio telescope could be rare polar ring galaxies

ABC Online, Other, 13/09/2023, Jack Ryan Searching through a catalogue of more than 600 galaxies, Nathan Deg stumbled upon two […]

NASA, Partners study ancient life in Australia to inform Mars search

Space Daily, Other, 26/08/2023 NASA is working with its international partners to study the ancient Earth as it relates to […]

Framing the universe: David Malin astrophotography awards 2023

This year's David Malin Awards feature new techniques and technology, and the images are out of this world! Check out […]

Voyager 2 has lost track of Earth. Only one antenna in the world can help it ‘phone home’

The Conversation, Other, 02/08/2023, Glen Nagle In 1977, five years before ET asked to “phone home”, two robotic spacecraft began […]

Silver Pleaides award to CSIRO Space and Astronomy

We are honoured that CSIRO’s Space and Astronomy business unit, which manages the ATNF, has received a Silver Pleiades award […]

ASKAP discovery challenges science of fast radio bursts

Space Connect, Other, 28/05/2023 Researchers using the 36-dish ASKAP telescope have made a discovery that challenges the hypothesis around how […]