Tag Archive for 'ASKAP'

An artist’s impression of ASKAP finding a fast radio burst and determining its precise location. The Keck, VLT and Gemini South optical telescopes joined ASKAP with follow-up observations to image the host galaxy. Image credit: Andrew Howells / CSIRO.

Astronomers Pinpoint Location of Non-Repeating Fast Radio Burst

Jun 28, 2019 by News Staff

Fast radio bursts (FRBs) are brief radio emissions from distant astronomical sources. Some are known to repeat, but most are single bursts, occurring only...

A radio image of hydrogen gas in the Small Magellanic Cloud as observed by CSIRO’s ASKAP radio telescope. Image credit: Naomi McClure-Griffiths et al / CSIRO’s ASKAP Telescope.

Small Magellanic Cloud is Losing Its Star-Forming Material, Astronomers Find

Oct 31, 2018 by Enrico de Lazaro

Astronomers using CSIRO’s Australian SKA Pathfinder (ASKAP) telescope has discovered that a nearby dwarf galaxy called the Small Magellanic Cloud has...

An artist’s impression of CSIRO’s ASKAP radio telescope detecting a fast radio burst. Image credit: Swinburne University of Technology / OzGrav ARC Centre of Excellence.

Astronomers Discover Twenty New Fast Radio Bursts

Oct 11, 2018 by News Staff

Astronomers using CSIRO’s Australian Square Kilometre Array Pathfinder (ASKAP) at the Murchison Radio-Astronomy Observatory have nearly doubled the known...

Atomic hydrogen gas in the Small Magellanic Cloud as imaged with CSIRO’s Australian Square Kilometre Array Pathfinder. Image credit: Australian National University / CSIRO.

ASKAP Telescope Captures Most Detailed Radio Image of Small Magellanic Cloud

Nov 29, 2017 by News Staff

Astronomers using CSIRO’s Australian Square Kilometre Array Pathfinder (ASKAP) at the Murchison Radio-Astronomy Observatory in Australia have created...