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#SquareKilometreArray #datacenter needs two #FaradayCages
SKA is an international project that is constructing 131,072 individual antennae with a combined area of around 1km2, making it comfortably the world’s biggest #radiotelescope and hopefully one that gives humanity a tool with which to gain new perspectives on our universe. Two Faraday cages ensure equipment inside the datacenter does not leak radio waves that could harm the operation of the giant radio #telescope.
https://www.theregister.com/2025/10/02/ska_datacenter_construction_progress_report/

A giant telescope was supposed to answer the universe’s big questions. Now the project has been rocked by misconduct claims https://www.theguardian.com/science/2025/aug/22/square-kilometre-array-observatory-skao-western-australia-radio-telescope-misconduct-allegations-ntwnfb #SquareKilometreArray #WesternAustralia #Australianews #Astronomy #Science #Space

Dode satelliet verrast astronomen met een krachtig radiosignaal

Relay-2 stuurde een sterke radio-uitbarsting naar de Aarde die minder dan 30 nanoseconden duurde.

Een afbeelding van de Relay-2 satelliet. Credit: NASA

Iets meer dan een jaar geleden registreerden wetenschappers in Australië een korte uitbarst

https://www.kuuke.nl/dode-satelliet-verrast-astronomen-met-een-krachtig-radiosignaal/

#nasa #pathfinder #radiosignaal #Relay2 #satelliet #SquareKilometreArray #VanAllen

"Using 1,024 of what will eventually be 131,072 radio antennas, the first SKA-Low image shows a tiny sliver of sky dotted with ancient galaxies billions of light-years from Earth.

This first snapshot shows the system works, and will improve dramatically in the coming months and years"

https://theconversation.com/less-than-1-of-the-worlds-biggest-radio-telescope-is-complete-but-its-first-image-reveals-a-sky-dotted-with-ancient-galaxies-252382

#Telescopes #SKA #Cosmology #SquareKilometreArray #Space

This book has triggered some memories on the early involvement of Spain in the SKA development which I documented on LinkedIn, but I will write a thread here about them.

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#SKAO #SKA #SquareKilometreArray #SquareKilometreArrayOrganisation #SquareKilometreArrayObservatory #SPDO #ISPO #RadioAstronomy #HistoryBook #LargeScaleResearchInfrastructures #Spain #SpanishScienceIndustry #ScienceIndustry
https://astrodon.social/@juandesant/112696949499330270

Great book (PDF & EPUB) if you have any interest in the SKA's early history. Really good job from Richard Schilizzi, Ron Ekers, Peter Dewdney, and Phil Crosby on compiling a lot of evidence on the journey to establish the SKA, with what went well, and not so well, with lots of detail and notes.

https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-031-51374-9

#SKAO #SKA #SquareKilometreArray #SquareKilometreArrayOrganisation #SquareKilometreArrayObservatory #SPDO #ISPO #RadioAstronomy #HistoryBook #LargeScaleResearchInfrastructures

My #SKA papers bot, which posts #arXiv papers about the #SquareKilometerArray #SquareKilometreArray, is now on #Mastodon https://botsin.space/@ska_papers @ska_papers #astrodon

#SKA #Observatory marks a momentous milestone with the formal start of construction at #telescope sites in South Africa and Australia.

🔗 https://www.skao.int/en/explore/construction-journey

We at #Cosylab are excited to be part of the project and work on the SKA telescopes’ observation monitor and controls software.

#SKAO #SKAObservatory #SquareKilometreArray #SquareKilometreArrayObservatory #astronomy

Weihnachtsbäume? Nein, Antennen. Damit sollen künftig aus dem australischen Outback heraus einige der rätselhaftesten Phänomene im All erforscht werden. Der Bau des »Square Kilometre Array« hat begonnen (Spektrum)
@Albert #SquareKilometreArray #dasneueuniversum
https://dasneueuniversum.com
https://www.spektrum.de/news/square-kilometre-array-bau-des-groessten-radioteleskops-hat-begonnen/2084691?utm_term=Autofeed&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1670320443

Construction begins on the world's largest #RadioObservatory

"A highly sensitive, next-generation #radio #observatory has started to come to life, with construction now officially underway on the #SquareKilometreArray (#SKA) in #Australia and #SouthAfrica. The dual-site #science facility is set to become one of the largest on Earth"

https://newatlas.com/space/construction-worlds-largest-radio-observatory-square-kilometre-array/

More than a decade ago, I sat in a small conference room were telescope engineers concerned about how to power the world's largest telescope, the #SquareKilometreArray. In 2019, I finally wrote the story.

Powering the world’s largest telescope
https://physicstoday.scitation.org/do/10.1063/PT.6.2.20190131a/full/

Here's another piece about Irreproducible Astronomy and the algorithms that hide what people are doing to data https://physicstoday.scitation.org/do/10.1063/pt.6.1.20180404a/full/