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  1. France becomes the 14th member state of SKA Observatory

    skao.int/en/news/722/france-jo

    📷 The French flag flying outside SKAO Global Headquarters in the UK. Credit: SKAO

    #France #SKAO #astronomy #science #news

  2. France becomes the 14th member state of SKA Observatory

    skao.int/en/news/722/france-jo

    📷 The French flag flying outside SKAO Global Headquarters in the UK. Credit: SKAO

    #France #SKAO #astronomy #science #news

  3. France becomes the 14th member state of SKA Observatory

    skao.int/en/news/722/france-jo

    📷 The French flag flying outside SKAO Global Headquarters in the UK. Credit: SKAO

    #France #SKAO #astronomy #science #news

  4. France becomes the 14th member state of SKA Observatory

    skao.int/en/news/722/france-jo

    📷 The French flag flying outside SKAO Global Headquarters in the UK. Credit: SKAO

    #France #SKAO #astronomy #science #news

  5. France becomes the 14th member state of SKA Observatory

    skao.int/en/news/722/france-jo

    📷 The French flag flying outside SKAO Global Headquarters in the UK. Credit: SKAO

    #France #SKAO #astronomy #science #news

  6. #JORF - Loi autorisant l'approbation de l'accord entre le Gouvernement de la République française et l'Observatoire du réseau d'antennes d'un kilomètre carré #SKAO relatif à l'adhésion de la France à l'Observatoire :
    - legifrance.gouv.fr/jorf/id/JOR
    - vie-publique.fr/loi/295986-pro

  7. The #SKAO in South Africa 'comes alive' with first fringes milestone - two of SKA-Mid's 15m-diameter dishes were used together to achieve the result, observing a radio galaxy estimated to be around 2.6 billion light years away: skao.int/en/news/693/ska-mid-m

  8. The #SKAO in South Africa 'comes alive' with first fringes milestone - two of SKA-Mid's 15m-diameter dishes were used together to achieve the result, observing a radio galaxy estimated to be around 2.6 billion light years away: skao.int/en/news/693/ska-mid-m

  9. The #SKAO in South Africa 'comes alive' with first fringes milestone - two of SKA-Mid's 15m-diameter dishes were used together to achieve the result, observing a radio galaxy estimated to be around 2.6 billion light years away: skao.int/en/news/693/ska-mid-m

  10. The #SKAO in South Africa 'comes alive' with first fringes milestone - two of SKA-Mid's 15m-diameter dishes were used together to achieve the result, observing a radio galaxy estimated to be around 2.6 billion light years away: skao.int/en/news/693/ska-mid-m

  11. The #SKAO in South Africa 'comes alive' with first fringes milestone - two of SKA-Mid's 15m-diameter dishes were used together to achieve the result, observing a radio galaxy estimated to be around 2.6 billion light years away: skao.int/en/news/693/ska-mid-m

  12. Supplement to the Open Journal of Astrophysics – “Pulsar Science with the SKAO”

    It’s been a busy day at the Open Journal of Astrophysics as we’ve published 12 related papers in the form of our first ever Supplement; officially it is Vol. 8 Supplement Issue 1. The idea of a Supplement is to publish a set of related papers together. I imagine it might be of interest for publishing conference proceedings, etc.

    The topic of this Supplement is Pulsar Science with the Square Kilometre Array Observatory and it includes updates to the Science Case for the SKAO, the previous version of which is 10 years old. All the papers are indendependently peer-reviewed, which took some organizing and a lot of time because many potential referees are themselves members of the SKA Pulsar Science Working Group! Anyway, the final versions of all the papers hit the arXiv this morning so I published them all today.

    Rather than include all 12 papers in tomorrow’s Saturday update I decided just to show the overlay for the overview of the special issue, which is here:

    The following paragraph describes the content of the supplement and includes links to the other 11 papers in the issue.

    The large instantaneous sensitivity, a wide frequency coverage and flexible observation modes with large number of beams in the sky are the main features of the upcoming SKA observatory’s two telescopes, the SKA-Low and the SKA-Mid, which are located on two different continents. Owing to these capabilities, the SKAO telescopes are going to be a game-changer for radio astronomy in general and pulsar astronomy in particular. The eleven articles in this special issue on pulsar science with the SKA Observatory describe its impact on different areas of pulsar science. Phase 1 of the rollout of the SKAO telescope is likely to double the known pulsar population in new surveys described in the first three papers (Keane et al. 2025Abbate et al. 2025Bagchi et al. 2025). These new discoveries will improve our understanding of the dynamics, evolution and gas content of globular clusters and the black hole at the centre of the Milky Way galaxy apart from increasing the samples for each of different kinds of radio emitting neutron stars (Levin et al. 2025). The larger population sample will enhance our understanding of the magneto-ionic interstellar medium (Tiburzi et al. 2025Xu et al. 2025), the pulsar magnetosphere (Oswald et al. 2025) and pulsar wind nebulae (Gelfand et al. 2025). Moreover, the discovery of exotic neutron star systems will test gravity theory ever more stringently (Krishnan et al. 2025) and will probe fundamental physics at sub-atomic level (Basu et al. 2025). Finally, this enhanced sample is likely to make the sky portrait sharper in nano-Hertz gravitational waves impacting on our understanding of the Universe in a fundamental way (Shannon et al. 2025). In summary, the papers in this special issue describe the way the upcoming SKA Observatory’s telescopes address fundamental physics through the study of pulsars and gravitational waves.

    #DiamondOpenAccessPublishing #OpenAccessPublishing #OpenJournalOfAstrophysics #PulsarScience #pulsars #SKAO #SquareKilometreArray #SquareKilometreArrayObservatory #TheOpenJournalOfAstrophysics

  13. Supplement to the Open Journal of Astrophysics – “Pulsar Science with the SKAO”

    It’s been a busy day at the Open Journal of Astrophysics as we’ve published 12 related papers in the form of our first ever Supplement; officially it is Vol. 8 Supplement Issue 1. The idea of a Supplement is to publish a set of related papers together. I imagine it might be of interest for publishing conference proceedings, etc.

    The topic of this Supplement is Pulsar Science with the Square Kilometre Array Observatory and it includes updates to the Science Case for the SKAO, the previous version of which is 10 years old. All the papers are indendependently peer-reviewed, which took some organizing and a lot of time because many potential referees are themselves members of the SKA Pulsar Science Working Group! Anyway, the final versions of all the papers hit the arXiv this morning so I published them all today.

    Rather than include all 12 papers in tomorrow’s Saturday update I decided just to show the overlay for the overview of the special issue, which is here:

    The following paragraph describes the content of the supplement and includes links to the other 11 papers in the issue.

    The large instantaneous sensitivity, a wide frequency coverage and flexible observation modes with large number of beams in the sky are the main features of the upcoming SKA observatory’s two telescopes, the SKA-Low and the SKA-Mid, which are located on two different continents. Owing to these capabilities, the SKAO telescopes are going to be a game-changer for radio astronomy in general and pulsar astronomy in particular. The eleven articles in this special issue on pulsar science with the SKA Observatory describe its impact on different areas of pulsar science. Phase 1 of the rollout of the SKAO telescope is likely to double the known pulsar population in new surveys described in the first three papers (Keane et al. 2025Abbate et al. 2025Bagchi et al. 2025). These new discoveries will improve our understanding of the dynamics, evolution and gas content of globular clusters and the black hole at the centre of the Milky Way galaxy apart from increasing the samples for each of different kinds of radio emitting neutron stars (Levin et al. 2025). The larger population sample will enhance our understanding of the magneto-ionic interstellar medium (Tiburzi et al. 2025Xu et al. 2025), the pulsar magnetosphere (Oswald et al. 2025) and pulsar wind nebulae (Gelfand et al. 2025). Moreover, the discovery of exotic neutron star systems will test gravity theory ever more stringently (Krishnan et al. 2025) and will probe fundamental physics at sub-atomic level (Basu et al. 2025). Finally, this enhanced sample is likely to make the sky portrait sharper in nano-Hertz gravitational waves impacting on our understanding of the Universe in a fundamental way (Shannon et al. 2025). In summary, the papers in this special issue describe the way the upcoming SKA Observatory’s telescopes address fundamental physics through the study of pulsars and gravitational waves.

    #DiamondOpenAccessPublishing #OpenAccessPublishing #OpenJournalOfAstrophysics #PulsarScience #pulsars #SKAO #SquareKilometreArray #SquareKilometreArrayObservatory #TheOpenJournalOfAstrophysics

  14. #MPIfR:
    "
    Deutschland bekräftigt Engagement für SKAO mit Unterzeichnung eines Großauftrags
    "
    ".. in Mainz ansässige Unternehmen OHB Digital Connect wird 86 hochempfindliche Empfänger für das SKA-Mid-Radioteleskop liefern,.."

    mpifr-bonn.mpg.de/mitteilungen

    3.11.2025

    #Astronomie #Band5 #DZA #Mainz #MeerKAT #OHB #OHBDigitalConnect #Radioastronomie #SKAO #VdR

  15. #MPIfR:
    "
    Deutschland bekräftigt Engagement für SKAO mit Unterzeichnung eines Großauftrags
    "
    ".. in Mainz ansässige Unternehmen OHB Digital Connect wird 86 hochempfindliche Empfänger für das SKA-Mid-Radioteleskop liefern,.."

    mpifr-bonn.mpg.de/mitteilungen

    3.11.2025

    #Astronomie #Band5 #DZA #Mainz #MeerKAT #OHB #OHBDigitalConnect #Radioastronomie #SKAO #VdR

  16. #MPIfR:
    "
    Deutschland bekräftigt Engagement für SKAO mit Unterzeichnung eines Großauftrags
    "
    ".. in Mainz ansässige Unternehmen OHB Digital Connect wird 86 hochempfindliche Empfänger für das SKA-Mid-Radioteleskop liefern,.."

    mpifr-bonn.mpg.de/mitteilungen

    3.11.2025

    #Astronomie #Band5 #DZA #Mainz #MeerKAT #OHB #OHBDigitalConnect #Radioastronomie #SKAO #VdR

  17. #MPIfR:
    "
    Deutschland bekräftigt Engagement für SKAO mit Unterzeichnung eines Großauftrags
    "
    ".. in Mainz ansässige Unternehmen OHB Digital Connect wird 86 hochempfindliche Empfänger für das SKA-Mid-Radioteleskop liefern,.."

    mpifr-bonn.mpg.de/mitteilungen

    3.11.2025

    #Astronomie #Band5 #DZA #Mainz #MeerKAT #OHB #OHBDigitalConnect #Radioastronomie #SKAO #VdR

  18. #MPIfR:
    "
    Deutschland bekräftigt Engagement für SKAO mit Unterzeichnung eines Großauftrags
    "
    ".. in Mainz ansässige Unternehmen OHB Digital Connect wird 86 hochempfindliche Empfänger für das SKA-Mid-Radioteleskop liefern,.."

    mpifr-bonn.mpg.de/mitteilungen

    3.11.2025

    #Astronomie #Band5 #DZA #Mainz #MeerKAT #OHB #OHBDigitalConnect #Radioastronomie #SKAO #VdR

  19. Germany reaffirms commitment to #SKAO as major contract signed: mpifr-bonn.mpg.de/announcement - OHB Digital Connect will supply 86 highly sensitive receivers for the SKA-Mid radio telescope, currently under construction in South Africa’s Northern Cape; the €10.7m contract is the first to be awarded to Germany since it joined the Observatory just under a year ago.

  20. Germany reaffirms commitment to #SKAO as major contract signed: mpifr-bonn.mpg.de/announcement - OHB Digital Connect will supply 86 highly sensitive receivers for the SKA-Mid radio telescope, currently under construction in South Africa’s Northern Cape; the €10.7m contract is the first to be awarded to Germany since it joined the Observatory just under a year ago.

  21. Germany reaffirms commitment to #SKAO as major contract signed: mpifr-bonn.mpg.de/announcement - OHB Digital Connect will supply 86 highly sensitive receivers for the SKA-Mid radio telescope, currently under construction in South Africa’s Northern Cape; the €10.7m contract is the first to be awarded to Germany since it joined the Observatory just under a year ago.

  22. Germany reaffirms commitment to #SKAO as major contract signed: mpifr-bonn.mpg.de/announcement - OHB Digital Connect will supply 86 highly sensitive receivers for the SKA-Mid radio telescope, currently under construction in South Africa’s Northern Cape; the €10.7m contract is the first to be awarded to Germany since it joined the Observatory just under a year ago.

  23. Germany reaffirms commitment to #SKAO as major contract signed: mpifr-bonn.mpg.de/announcement - OHB Digital Connect will supply 86 highly sensitive receivers for the SKA-Mid radio telescope, currently under construction in South Africa’s Northern Cape; the €10.7m contract is the first to be awarded to Germany since it joined the Observatory just under a year ago.

  24. Deutschland bekräftigt Engagement für #SKAO mit Unterzeichnung eines Großauftrags: mpifr-bonn.mpg.de/mitteilungen - das Unternehmen OHB Digital Connect wird 86 hochempfindliche Empfänger für das SKA-Mid-Radioteleskop liefern, das derzeit in der südafrikanischen Provinz Nordkap gebaut wird; der Auftrag im Wert von 10,7 Millionen Euro ist der erste, der seit dem Beitritt Deutschlands zum SKA-Observatorium vor knapp einem Jahr an ein deutsches Unternehmen vergeben wurde.

  25. Deutschland bekräftigt Engagement für #SKAO mit Unterzeichnung eines Großauftrags: mpifr-bonn.mpg.de/mitteilungen - das Unternehmen OHB Digital Connect wird 86 hochempfindliche Empfänger für das SKA-Mid-Radioteleskop liefern, das derzeit in der südafrikanischen Provinz Nordkap gebaut wird; der Auftrag im Wert von 10,7 Millionen Euro ist der erste, der seit dem Beitritt Deutschlands zum SKA-Observatorium vor knapp einem Jahr an ein deutsches Unternehmen vergeben wurde.

  26. Deutschland bekräftigt Engagement für #SKAO mit Unterzeichnung eines Großauftrags: mpifr-bonn.mpg.de/mitteilungen - das Unternehmen OHB Digital Connect wird 86 hochempfindliche Empfänger für das SKA-Mid-Radioteleskop liefern, das derzeit in der südafrikanischen Provinz Nordkap gebaut wird; der Auftrag im Wert von 10,7 Millionen Euro ist der erste, der seit dem Beitritt Deutschlands zum SKA-Observatorium vor knapp einem Jahr an ein deutsches Unternehmen vergeben wurde.

  27. Deutschland bekräftigt Engagement für #SKAO mit Unterzeichnung eines Großauftrags: mpifr-bonn.mpg.de/mitteilungen - das Unternehmen OHB Digital Connect wird 86 hochempfindliche Empfänger für das SKA-Mid-Radioteleskop liefern, das derzeit in der südafrikanischen Provinz Nordkap gebaut wird; der Auftrag im Wert von 10,7 Millionen Euro ist der erste, der seit dem Beitritt Deutschlands zum SKA-Observatorium vor knapp einem Jahr an ein deutsches Unternehmen vergeben wurde.

  28. Deutschland bekräftigt Engagement für #SKAO mit Unterzeichnung eines Großauftrags: mpifr-bonn.mpg.de/mitteilungen - das Unternehmen OHB Digital Connect wird 86 hochempfindliche Empfänger für das SKA-Mid-Radioteleskop liefern, das derzeit in der südafrikanischen Provinz Nordkap gebaut wird; der Auftrag im Wert von 10,7 Millionen Euro ist der erste, der seit dem Beitritt Deutschlands zum SKA-Observatorium vor knapp einem Jahr an ein deutsches Unternehmen vergeben wurde.

  29. " It is hailed as a global endeavour to explore the hidden universe – a powerful telescope comprising more than 130,000 antennae being built in outback Western Australia. But while the venture is being lauded as one of the most significant scientific endeavours of the 21st century, the Guardian can reveal that the organisation managing the funds of 16 member states has been rocked by allegations of financial misconduct."

    theguardian.com/science/2025/a

    #Astronomy #RadioAstronomy #SKAO

  30. " It is hailed as a global endeavour to explore the hidden universe – a powerful telescope comprising more than 130,000 antennae being built in outback Western Australia. But while the venture is being lauded as one of the most significant scientific endeavours of the 21st century, the Guardian can reveal that the organisation managing the funds of 16 member states has been rocked by allegations of financial misconduct."

    theguardian.com/science/2025/a

    #Astronomy #RadioAstronomy #SKAO

  31. " It is hailed as a global endeavour to explore the hidden universe – a powerful telescope comprising more than 130,000 antennae being built in outback Western Australia. But while the venture is being lauded as one of the most significant scientific endeavours of the 21st century, the Guardian can reveal that the organisation managing the funds of 16 member states has been rocked by allegations of financial misconduct."

    theguardian.com/science/2025/a

    #Astronomy #RadioAstronomy #SKAO

  32. " It is hailed as a global endeavour to explore the hidden universe – a powerful telescope comprising more than 130,000 antennae being built in outback Western Australia. But while the venture is being lauded as one of the most significant scientific endeavours of the 21st century, the Guardian can reveal that the organisation managing the funds of 16 member states has been rocked by allegations of financial misconduct."

    theguardian.com/science/2025/a

    #Astronomy #RadioAstronomy #SKAO

  33. " It is hailed as a global endeavour to explore the hidden universe – a powerful telescope comprising more than 130,000 antennae being built in outback Western Australia. But while the venture is being lauded as one of the most significant scientific endeavours of the 21st century, the Guardian can reveal that the organisation managing the funds of 16 member states has been rocked by allegations of financial misconduct."

    theguardian.com/science/2025/a

    #Astronomy #RadioAstronomy #SKAO

  34. CW: The video contains flashing lights which may not be suitable for sensitive epilepsy

    More pulsar madness!

    ☑️ Sounds on to get the sonification of the signal
    ☑️ Warning: the video contains flashing lights which may not be suitable for sensitive epilepsy

    #skao #vela #pulsar #velapulsar #pulsars #SKAlow #SKA #radioastronomy #physics #astronomy #astrophysics #astrodon #news #clocks #science #video

  35. CW: The video contains flashing lights which may not be suitable for sensitive epilepsy

    More pulsar madness!

    ☑️ Sounds on to get the sonification of the signal
    ☑️ Warning: the video contains flashing lights which may not be suitable for sensitive epilepsy

    #skao #vela #pulsar #velapulsar #pulsars #SKAlow #SKA #radioastronomy #physics #astronomy #astrophysics #astrodon #news #clocks #science #video

  36. CW: The video contains flashing lights which may not be suitable for sensitive epilepsy

    More pulsar madness!

    ☑️ Sounds on to get the sonification of the signal
    ☑️ Warning: the video contains flashing lights which may not be suitable for sensitive epilepsy

    #skao #vela #pulsar #velapulsar #pulsars #SKAlow #SKA #radioastronomy #physics #astronomy #astrophysics #astrodon #news #clocks #science #video

  37. CW: The video contains flashing lights which may not be suitable for sensitive epilepsy

    More pulsar madness!

    ☑️ Sounds on to get the sonification of the signal
    ☑️ Warning: the video contains flashing lights which may not be suitable for sensitive epilepsy

    #skao #vela #pulsar #velapulsar #pulsars #SKAlow #SKA #radioastronomy #physics #astronomy #astrophysics #astrodon #news #clocks #science #video

  38. CW: The video contains flashing lights which may not be suitable for sensitive epilepsy

    More pulsar madness!

    ☑️ Sounds on to get the sonification of the signal
    ☑️ Warning: the video contains flashing lights which may not be suitable for sensitive epilepsy

    #skao #vela #pulsar #velapulsar #pulsars #SKAlow #SKA #radioastronomy #physics #astronomy #astrophysics #astrodon #news #clocks #science #video

  39. The ‘cosmic clocks’ preparing SKAO for early science

    Observations of pulsars – rapidly spinning dead stars – are helping the SKA Observatory to prepare for science operations.

    skao.int/en/news/651/cosmic-cl

    The signal ⤵️ shows 100 pulses from the Vela pulsar and has been sonified 🔊

    #skao #vela #pulsar #velapulsar #pulsars #SKAlow #SKA #radioastronomy #physics #astronomy #astrophysics #astrodon #news #clocks #science #video

  40. The ‘cosmic clocks’ preparing SKAO for early science

    Observations of pulsars – rapidly spinning dead stars – are helping the SKA Observatory to prepare for science operations.

    skao.int/en/news/651/cosmic-cl

    The signal ⤵️ shows 100 pulses from the Vela pulsar and has been sonified 🔊

    #skao #vela #pulsar #velapulsar #pulsars #SKAlow #SKA #radioastronomy #physics #astronomy #astrophysics #astrodon #news #clocks #science #video

  41. The ‘cosmic clocks’ preparing SKAO for early science

    Observations of pulsars – rapidly spinning dead stars – are helping the SKA Observatory to prepare for science operations.

    skao.int/en/news/651/cosmic-cl

    The signal ⤵️ shows 100 pulses from the Vela pulsar and has been sonified 🔊

    #skao #vela #pulsar #velapulsar #pulsars #SKAlow #SKA #radioastronomy #physics #astronomy #astrophysics #astrodon #news #clocks #science #video

  42. The ‘cosmic clocks’ preparing SKAO for early science

    Observations of pulsars – rapidly spinning dead stars – are helping the SKA Observatory to prepare for science operations.

    skao.int/en/news/651/cosmic-cl

    The signal ⤵️ shows 100 pulses from the Vela pulsar and has been sonified 🔊

    #skao #vela #pulsar #velapulsar #pulsars #SKAlow #SKA #radioastronomy #physics #astronomy #astrophysics #astrodon #news #clocks #science #video

  43. The ‘cosmic clocks’ preparing SKAO for early science

    Observations of pulsars – rapidly spinning dead stars – are helping the SKA Observatory to prepare for science operations.

    skao.int/en/news/651/cosmic-cl

    The signal ⤵️ shows 100 pulses from the Vela pulsar and has been sonified 🔊

    #skao #vela #pulsar #velapulsar #pulsars #SKAlow #SKA #radioastronomy #physics #astronomy #astrophysics #astrodon #news #clocks #science #video

  44. We had a great week full of science in Görlitz. Many thanks to @skao , DZA, and all the other organizers! 🙌

    You can get a glimpse of the fantastic atmosphere at the event in our short video.

    #skao #RadioAstronomy #Radioastronomie #science #wissenschaft #conference #konferenz #görlitz

  45. We had a great week full of science in Görlitz. Many thanks to @skao , DZA, and all the other organizers! 🙌

    You can get a glimpse of the fantastic atmosphere at the event in our short video.

    #skao #RadioAstronomy #Radioastronomie #science #wissenschaft #conference #konferenz #görlitz

  46. We had a great week full of science in Görlitz. Many thanks to @skao , DZA, and all the other organizers! 🙌

    You can get a glimpse of the fantastic atmosphere at the event in our short video.

    #skao #RadioAstronomy #Radioastronomie #science #wissenschaft #conference #konferenz #görlitz

  47. We had a great week full of science in Görlitz. Many thanks to @skao , DZA, and all the other organizers! 🙌

    You can get a glimpse of the fantastic atmosphere at the event in our short video.

    #skao #RadioAstronomy #Radioastronomie #science #wissenschaft #conference #konferenz #görlitz

  48. 🌟 From June 16 to 20, 2025, Görlitz will become the 𝐡𝐨𝐭𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐨 𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐦𝐲! 🌟

    At the @skao Science Meeting, over 500 researchers from around the world will come together to advance the world’s largest radio telescope, the Square Kilometre Array Observatory.

    Germany is strongly represented as a founding member through the MPIfR and the DZA. The conference will highlight exciting topics such as cosmology, galaxy evolution, gravitational waves, and the search for life beyond Earth.

    👩‍🔬👨‍🔬 Over 200 scientific talks, international experts, and a public program featuring a lecture by Prof. Dr. Michael Kramer on June 17.

    We are very much looking forward to the conference and a successful collaboration!

    #SKAO #radioastronomy #astrophysics #Görlitz2025 #MPIfR #DZA #Science