The Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) is Australia’s national science agency and one of the largest and most diverse research agencies in the world. Founded in 1926, CSIRO operates under the auspices of the Australian Government and engages in scientific research to improve the economic and social performance of the industry for the benefit of the community. The organization works across multiple sectors, including agriculture, environment, space, mining, and energy, aiming to solve the greatest challenges through innovative science and technology. Notable achievements of CSIRO include the invention of fast Wi-Fi technology, the development of the Hendra virus vaccine, and significant contributions to the Earth’s environmental monitoring. CSIRO plays a crucial role in advancing scientific knowledge both in Australia and globally, collaborating with leading institutions to drive innovation and deliver practical solutions.
New research conducted by CSIRO, Australia’s national science agency, and the University of Toronto in Canada, estimates up to 11 million tons of plastic pollution…
Researchers using Murriyang, CSIRO’s Parkes radio telescope, have detected unusual radio pulses from a previously dormant star with a powerful magnetic field. New results published…
Astronomy’s newest mystery objects, odd radio circles or ORCs, have been pulled into sharp focus by an international team of astronomers using the world’s most…
The CSIRO’s 64-meter (210-foot) Parkes Radio Telescope was commissioned on October 31, 1961. At the time it was the most advanced radio telescope in the…
An intriguing candidate signal picked up last year by the Breakthrough Listen project has been subjected to intensive analysis that suggests it is unlikely to…
In December last year, the media reported an intriguing signal we at the Breakthrough Listen project found in our radio telescope data. Dubbed BLC1, the…
A world-leading CSIRO radio telescope has conducted its first survey of the entire southern sky in record speed and detail, creating a new atlas of…
The new peer-reviewed study of the Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC), which is a tiny fraction of the size and mass of the Milky Way galaxy,…
An international team of astronomers used a combination of radio and optical telescopes to identify the precise location of a fast radio burst (FRB) in…
After monitoring 24 pulsars with the Parkes Radio Telescope for 11 years, new research casts doubt on our understanding of galaxies and black holes. For…
New findings from NASA’s Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity reveal that Mars had an ancient wet environment that was milder and could have supported life. Some…
Using data from the CSIRO Parkes Radio Telescope, astronomers use gravitational waves to better understand the growth of massive black holes. Supermassive black holes: every…
Using the combined computing power of 200,000 private PCs, the Einstein@Home project discovered 24 new pulsars in archival data. The combined computing power of 200,000…
Astronomers using the CSIRO Parkes radio telescope have discovered radio bursts originating from billions of light years away, leaving the scientists to speculate about their…
Using the Australia Telescope Compact Array, two new studies detail the discovery of raw materials used in the making of stars. A CSIRO radio telescope…
In a newly published study, an international team of astronomers describe how they detected and mapped outflows of charged particles from the center of our…
Using observations made with radio telescopes, astronomer Dr. Braun has discovered that the galaxies around us are hiding about a third more atomic hydrogen gas…
The latest research from a team of scientists shows that the amount of dense Antarctic Bottom Water is roughly 40% of what it was when…