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First reported 2 hours ago - Updated 2 hours ago - 1 reports

Pingtang telescope to be centerpiece of astronomy plan

The world's largest and most sensitive single-aperture radio telescope, which already is under construction in a natural basin in Pingtang county, Guizhou province, is becoming part of a more ambitious business plan.Local governments plans to invest 4.9 ... [Published CHINAdaily - 2 hours ago]

Entities: Astronomy, Construction, Zhang Xiaoping, Arecibo Observatory

First reported 11 hours ago - Updated 5 hours ago - 2 reports

Towards an African telescope network

South African scientists, with government backing, are working on a project to recycle disused telecommunications dishes spread out over a number of African countries in order to create an African network of radio telescopes.In June last year, the board ... [Published SouthAfrica.info - 5 hours ago]

Entities: South Africa, Radio Astronomy, Telecommunication, Ghana, Ghana Telecom

First reported 12 hours ago - Updated 6 hours ago - 1 reports

Tomorrow’s Galactic Explorers Could Use Pulsars As Interstellar GPS

Space is so ludicrously vast that keeping a precise fix on our spacecraft ? even within the solar system ? is really tough. So rather than track them from afar, a team of researchers want spacecraft to govern themselves ? using pulsars. For every astronomical ... [Published Gizmodo Australia - 12 hours ago]

Entities: Werner Becker, Radiation, Radio Astronomy

First reported May 23 2013 - Updated May 23 2013 - 1 reports

Astronomers team up with the public to solve decade old puzzle

An extremely precise measurement of the distance to a star system has finally allowed astronomers to solve a decade-old puzzle, confirming understanding of the way exotic objects like black holes interact with nearby stars.Published today in prestigious ... [Published EurekAlert! - May 23 2013]

Entities: Hubble Space Telescope, Radio Astronomy, Black Hole, Compact Star

First reported May 23 2013 - Updated May 23 2013 - 1 reports

Second Take: SA radio astronomy developments

Creamer Media's Chanel de Bruyn speaks to Engineering News senior contributing editor Keith Campbell about developments in the South African radio astronomy sphere.To subscribe to Engineering News's print magazine email subscriptions@creamermedia.co.za ... [Published Engineering News - May 23 2013]

Entities: Radio Astronomy, Keith Campbell, Chanel SA

First reported May 20 2013 - Updated May 21 2013 - 2 reports

Scientific paper shows SKA capability

Dr Richard Armstrong is the lead author of a recently published scientific paper that shows the SKA's capability of building the Southern Hemisphere's most sensitive radio telescope. A scientific paper recently accepted by the journal Monthly Notices ... [Published IT Web - May 21 2013]

Entities: Richard Armstrong, Radio Astronomy, Circinus

First reported May 18 2013 - Updated May 18 2013 - 1 reports

The KAT is purring: SA’s new radio telescope starts delivering quality science

Previous StoryNext StoryYou are here: Home >> SPi World News >> World Market Sector NewsSouth Africa’s first radio telescope array, the seven dish KAT-7 located in the Karoo, which was originally intended to be mainly an engineering prototype ... [Published SPi World News - May 18 2013]

Entities: Circinus, Royal Astronomical Society, Radio Astronomy, Neutron Star

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 1 reports

Daft Punk: Australian Town Launches Album

News > Showbiz NewsSuggested articlesA man who raped and strangled his student neighbour and threw her body into a canal in a suitcase has been jailed for 45 years.The Linnets travel to fellow promotion rivals Halesowen Town ahead of a tough run of ... [Published KL.FM 96.7 - May 17 2013]

Entities: Australia, Cotton, Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo, Radio Astronomy, Thomas Bangalter

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 1 reports

Radio astronomy publication a milestone for SA

ASTRONOMERS working on the KAT-7 radio telescope have published their first scientific paper, a milestone that is as much about proving the device is up to scratch as it is about doing cutting-edge science.The KAT-7 is a critical precursor to the much ... [Published BDlive - May 17 2013]

Entities: Radio Astronomy, Neutron Star, Circinus

First reported May 10 2013 - Updated May 10 2013 - 2 reports

PAPER Instrument In The Karoo Producing...

Scientific studies done with the “PAPER” array, one of the world-class scientific instruments in South Africa’s Karoo Radio Astronomy Reserve, is producing ground-breaking science and spectacular cosmic images, resulting in several important articles ... [Published Red Orbit - May 10 2013]

Entities: Centaurus, South Africa, antennas, National Radio Astronomy Observatory, Radio Astronomy

First reported May 03 2013 - Updated May 03 2013 - 2 reports

African-European Radio Astronomy Platform celebrates first anniversary

The African-European Radio Astronomy Platform (AERAP) will be celebrating its first anniversary at the end of May.Quality validation date :2013- ... [Published Cordis - May 03 2013]

Entities: Radio Astronomy

First reported Apr 30 2013 - Updated Apr 30 2013 - 2 reports

From Sydney to the Milky Way

From a red brick house in Rodney Street, Dover Heights, scientists found the centre of our galaxy.A former secret wartime laboratory and military headquarters that was ''camouflaged'' as a house has been listed by the National Trust, acknowledging its ... [Published Melbourne Age - Apr 30 2013]

Entities: Sydney (Australia), Radio Astronomy, John Bolton, Zero Point, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research...

Quotes

"But that does not mean we will not be using the data of foreign observatories any more. Since astronomical research is rather complex, the design of different telescopes is different. We will open FAST to astronomers worldwide" Zheng said

Pingtang telescope to be centerpiece of astronomy plan [Published CHINAdaily - 2 hours ago]

"The addition of a dedicated array of African antennas observing the equatorial sky, by itself or in combination with global arrays, has the potential for a truly transformational step in imaging quality" Muxlow said

Towards an African telescope network [Published SouthAfrica.info - 5 hours ago]

...South Africa has the expertise and will seed the science, but radio telescopes in other African countries will belong to those countries. "These countries will have their own radio telescopes that they own" Gaylard explains. "We won't own them. We will facilitate them."

Suddenly Africa is looking up [Published Mail & Guardian Online - 11 hours ago]

"If you hold your finger out at arm's length and move your head from side to side, you should see your finger appear to wobble against the background" explains Miller-Jones

Citizen science measures up [Published ABC Online - 19 hours ago]

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Pingtang telescope to be centerpiece of astrono... [Published CHINAdaily - 2 hours ago]
Towards an African telescope network [Published SouthAfrica.info - 5 hours ago]
The third culture: The power and glory of mathe... [Published New Statesman - 9 hours ago]
Suddenly Africa is looking up [Published Mail & Guardian Online - 11 hours ago]
Tomorrow’s Galactic Explorers Could Use Pulsars... [Published Gizmodo Australia - 12 hours ago]
Citizen science measures up [Published ABC Online - 19 hours ago]
Mystery Of Nearby SS Cygni Star System Finally... [Published Red Orbit - May 23 2013]
Astronomers team up with the public to solve de... [Published EurekAlert! - May 23 2013]
Accurate distance measurement resolves major as... [Published PhysOrg.com - May 23 2013]
An Interplanetary GPS Using Pulsar Signals [Published Technology Review - May 23 2013]
Second Take: SA radio astronomy developments [Published Engineering News - May 23 2013]
IBM Research - Zurich (Officially) Turns 50 [Published IBM Research - May 22 2013]
Statement of Douglas Cooke: Hearing on Next Ste... [Published SpaceRef - May 22 2013]
PRESS RELEASE FROM SKA SOUTH AFRICA [Published SA Dep. of Science & Technology - May 21 2013]
Industry Unlikely to Support Latest 600 MHz Ban... [Published Telecompaper - May 21 2013]
Scientific paper shows SKA capability [Published IT Web - May 21 2013]
Son of SKA chalks up galactic first [Published IOL - May 20 2013]
Orion's Hidden Fiery Ribbon [Published Space Daily - May 20 2013]
6 Overlooked Women in Science [Published National Geographic - May 19 2013]
The KAT is purring: SA’s new radio telescope st... [Published SPi World News - May 18 2013]
Nikola Tesla and his Death Ray [Published The Guardian Express - May 17 2013]
FCC Proposes to Establish New Air-to-Ground Mob... [Published JD Supra - May 17 2013]
Daft Punk: Australian Town Launches Album [Published KL.FM 96.7 - May 17 2013]
Tiny Australian town abuzz with Daft Punk fever [Published GlobalPost - May 17 2013]
SA Telescope Captures Giant Star Flares [Published AllAfrica.com - May 17 2013]
Radio astronomy publication a milestone for SA [Published BDlive - May 17 2013]
SKA advances as SA reveals preconstruction gran... [Published Engineering News - May 17 2013]
South Africa's new radio telescope reveals gian... [Published Space Fellowship - May 16 2013]
SKA: the ultimate big data challenge [Published IT Web - May 16 2013]
Open science and ethics debate [Published University of Manchester - May 16 2013]

Blogs

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SGI to Provide Massive Data Storage Capability ... [Published insideHPC - Apr 30 2013] This week SGI announced that iVEC and the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) have selected SGI to provide the massive data management infrastructure at the Pawsey Supercomputing Centre. The centre is part of the ...
Einstein was right – so far [Published EarthSky - Apr 25 2013] Astronomers have used ESO’s Very Large Telescope, along with radio telescopes around the world, to find and study a bizarre stellar pair consisting of the most massive neutron star confirmed so far, orbited by a white dwarf star. This strange new binary ...
Images and insights on star death: Supernova 1987A [Published EarthSky - Apr 02 2013] When Supernova 1987A first appeared in earthly skies 26 years ago, astronomers were beside themselves with delight. It was the closest observed supernova since 1604. In this shining pinpoint in our sky, those fortunate to be in Earth’s Southern Hemisphere ...
What's Still Powering Supernova Remnant 1987A? [Published Scientific Blogging - Apr 02 2013] A team of astronomers led by the International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research (ICRAR) have succeeded in observing the death throws of a giant star in unprecedented detail. In February of 1987 astronomers were observing the nearby dwarf galaxy known ...
World’s Biggest Radio Telescope Opens Eyes in t... [Published Singularity Hub - Mar 27 2013] Information technology continues to invade every nook and cranny of modern life. At Singularity Hub, we tend to focus on genomics, robotics, artificial intelligence, or the Internet of Things. But another field, radio astronomy, is progressing leaps ...

Press Releases

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SGI to Provide Massive Data Storage Capability ... [Published GlobeNewswire: Acquisitions News - Apr 29 2013]
Big Bang Meets Big Data: South Africa Joins AST... [Published Financial Services - Mar 11 2013]
Cisco Collaborates With Murchison Widefield Arr... [Published Marketwire - Breaking News Releases - Dec 02 2012]