06 August 2021
Surprising new finds as ASKAP surveys the skies
...total extent of this faint emission," Norris said. The Australian Square Kilometre Array Pathfinder (ASKAP) radio telescope is one of the precursor instruments to the Square Kilometre Array, an international project to build the world’s largest radio...
16 July 2018
Science begins with South Africa's super radio telescope
... (SARAO) in the semi-arid Karoo region of the Northern Cape, the MeerKAT facility is a precursor to the Square Kilometre Array (SKA) telescope, a joint project to build the world’s largest telescope in remote parts of both Africa and Australia...
07 October 2020
Chinese company seeks approval to launch nearly 13,000 satellites
...they will have a major impact on radio astronomy.” When completed, the Square Kilometre Array (SKA) will have an effective collecting area of one square kilometre (one million square metres) spread over Australia and South Africa, making it the world...
02 December 2020
Astronomers map a million previously undiscovered galaxies in record time
.... In addition to being a world-leading telescope in its own right, ASKAP is an important technology demonstrator for the Square Kilometre Array (SKA); an international effort to build the world’s largest radio telescope. The SKA will eventually use...
01 August 2016
SETI has new eyes on the skies
...radio-quiet region of Western Australia, which is also one of three telescopes designated as a precursor for the Square Kilometre Array (SKA), to examine spectral line data generated from 115 minutes of observation time with the telescope. Within ...
29 May 2020
Cosmic bursts solve Universe's 'missing matter' problem
... atomic hydrogen or helium in a highly ionised state, but pinpointing that information might have to wait until the Square Kilometre Array (SKA) telescope is fully up and running. When it is, the SKA could observe large numbers of fast radio bursts...
