CSIRO operates the Australia Telescope and formally manages the Canberra Deep Space Communication Complex on behalf of NASA.

The Australia Telescope National Facility is a Division of CSIRO that operates and develops the Australia Telescope as a national research facility.

Polymers make up many parts of our modern life; from the scent in laundry detergents, to coatings on houses, to key aspects in electronics, to new and improved medical therapies.

CSIRO has chosen the major science projects that its Australian SKA Pathfinder (ASKAP) telescope will tackle in its first five years.

Coordinating and supporting CSIRO’s space research, industry engagement and outreach activities.

CSIRO develops, designs and builds antennas for applications in wireless communications networks, radio astronomy and imaging systems.

Each year CSIRO’s Australia Telescope is made available to 400 astronomers from 20 countries.

CSIRO’s Dr Naomi McClure-Griffiths has been dubbed the 'galactic octopus wrestler' after discovering a new spiral arm of the Milky Way and in this video podcast, she describes how it feels to uncover the secrets of the Galaxy. (3:10)

Explore the purpose and function of the Australia Telescope Compact Array at Narrabri, New South Wales, Australia. (9:00)

As a member of the project team working on the Square Kilometre Array, Mr Aaron Chippendale is bringing us a step closer to learning the secrets of life, the universe and everything.

As International SKA Project Engineer, CSIRO astronomer and engineer Dr Peter Hall is helping Australia play a leadership role in the development of the Square Kilometre Array (SKA), the next generation radio telescope.

CSIRO and partner institutions are building a major new radio telescope, the Australian SKA Pathfinder. Positions are now available with this exciting project.