For millennia humans have been inspired by the stars but this may soon be a thing of the past due to a significant increase in the numbers of satellites, potentially limiting our view of the night sky. EPFL scientists are part of a global initiative to better protect Earth’s Dark […]

As the SKACH Consortium meets for its Spring Meeting at the Zurich University of Applied Sciences, we deep dive into the work that ZHAW School of Engineering researchers are contributing globally to the Square Kilometer Array. Currently under construction, by the end of the decade there will be hundreds of […]

Claude Nicollier, who took part in four space missions, is worried by today’s dangerous geopolitics but believes the wonderful global collaborations in astrophysics and astronomy, such as the SKAO, show the very brightest side of humanity. As a boy Claude Nicollier skied and hiked in the mountains surrounding Les Diablerets, […]

With its secretariat hosted at EPFL, the Square Kilometer Array Switzerland (SKACH) consortium is celebrating two years’ membership of a global project to develop the largest scientific facility ever built by humankind. In January 2022 Switzerland officially joined a great adventure – the Square Kilometer Array Observatory (SKAO), an international […]

Scientists with the Square Kilometer Array Switzerland (SKACH) consortium will use the largest ever allocation of node hours on Europe’s LUMI-G supercomputer to conduct a simulation looking at the role of turbulence and gravity in the universe.  Scientists working with the Swiss arm of the international Square Kilometer Array Observatory […]

SKACH data scientists earn a top 10 position in the Challenge named ‘Foregrounds’ in which they analysed simulated astronomical data going back billions of years through cosmic time. The SKAO Science Data Challenge 3a (SDC3a), which took place from January to June 2023, continued a series of tests to prepare […]

By Jana Winkler, University of Basel Original article Looking into space is the same as looking into the universe’s past. Researchers aim to decode some of its biggest mysteries – using the world’s most advanced radio observatory. Advanced research and modern technology continue to give us clearer and deeper views […]

EcoCloud is getting ready for exorbitant amounts of data The Square Kilometre Array Observatory (SKAO) is a radio-astronomy project that will consist of two radio telescope arrays in Australia and South Africa, on which construction began December 5, 2022. The data that come from these telescopes will revolutionize our understanding […]

By Simone Ulmer, CSCS. Original article The Square Kilometre Array Observatory (SKAO), currently under construction in South Africa and Australia, will generate 600 petabytes of astronomical data annually once operational. Both sites will have a high-performance computing (HPC) data centre to correlate and collect the data. In order to be […]

In ceremonies at both sites in Australia and South Africa, the SKA Observatory celebrated the start of construction of its world-leading radio telescopes and announced €300 million worth of construction contracts. The SKAO’s Director-General, Prof. Philip Diamond, travelled to Western Australia to represent the Observatory at the site of the […]