@cosmos4u@scicomm.xyzThe #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: https://www.skao.int/en/news/693/ska-mid-milestone
@cosmos4u@scicomm.xyzGermany reaffirms commitment to #SKAO as major contract signed: https://www.mpifr-bonn.mpg.de/announcements/2025/8 - 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.