Square Kilometer Array
Communicating Across the Cosmos, Part 2: Petabytes from the Stars?
Since it was founded in 1984, the SETI (Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence) Institute in Mountain View, California, has been a…
This Is How The World’s Largest Radio Telescope Is Divvying Up Design Work
The world's largest radio telescope will act very much like a jigsaw; every piece of it must be precisely engineered…
Stacking Galactic Signals Reveals A Clearer Universe
Very similar to stacking astronomy images to achieve a better picture, researchers from the International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research…
Book Review: African Cosmos
In 1986, Halley's Comet captivated a teenager living in a small South African town. Curious about what his nation does…
Weekly Space Hangout – Oct. 4, 2012
It was a slow week on Space news except for the massive announcement that an ancient riverbed was discovered on…
Weekly Space Hangout for May 31, 2012
In this episode of the Weekly Space Hangout, we're joined by special guest Robert Nemiroff from Astronomy Picture of the…
SKA, the World’s Largest Telescope Will Be Built at Two Sites
[/caption] In an anticipated great compromise, South Africa and Australia will share their sites for the Square Kilometre Array telescope,…