Leading Australian telescopes to get technology upgrades
January 17, 2020CSIRO’s iconic Parkes radio telescope – fondly known as ‘The Dish’ – will get a new receiver that will significantly increase the amount of sky it can see at any one time, enabling new science and supporting local innovation in the space sector.
First signs of earliest stars seen from the Murchison Radio-astronomy Observatory
March 1, 2018Using a small radio telescope at a CSIRO observatory in Western Australia, US astronomers have detected a signal from the first stars to have emerged in the early Universe about 180 million years after the Big Bang.
Aussie astro tech to go on show in Adelaide
September 19, 2017Australian technology now boosting the performance of Germany’s flagship radio telescope will go on show at the Adelaide Convention Centre.