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@cosmos4u@scicomm.xyz
2026-01-07 16:02:11

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

@cosmos4u@scicomm.xyz
2025-11-03 23:33:12

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.