Shockwaves of galaxy cluster merger seen as bridge in radio data

As part of S-PASS (S-band Polarization All Sky Survey), a single-dish survey of the total intensity and polarised continuum emission of the entire southern sky, observations at 2.3 GHz with the Parkes Radio Telescope have now revealed a ‘bridge’ of unpolarised...

CAASTRO investigators recognised in Australia Day 2013 Honours

The Governal-General of Australia announced that two CAASTRO investigators have been recognised in the Australia Day 2013 Honours List: COMPANION (AC) IN THE GENERAL DIVISION OF THE ORDER OF AUSTRALIA to Professor Brian Paul SCHMIDT of Sutton, New South Wales,...

Professor Warrick Couch new AAO Director

Announcing Professor Couch’s appointment today Minister for Science and Research, Senator Chris Evans, said that he was well suited to leading the observatory’s work. “Professor Couch is one of Australia’s leading astronomers and...

Congratulations to Chris Blake, winner of the 2013 Pawsey Medal!

The Australian Academy of Science today announced the 2013 winners of its prestigious annual awards for scientific excellence. Honorific awards are presented to career researchers for life-long achievements and to outstanding early-career researchers under the age of...

The SPARCS Working Group streamlines efforts towards SKA surveys

In a time when precursor instruments to the Square Kilometre Array (SKA) from all over the world are coming online and start generating data, the recently founded SKA PAthfinder Radio Continuum Survey Working Group will make sure that the radio-astronomical community...