In October 2025 SpaceX launched its 10-thousandth satellite into low Earth orbit, putting the number of satellites overhead at about 15-thousand. If all launch filings currently lodged with the US Federal Communications Commission head into space, there will be half a million artificial satellites orbiting our planet within 15 years. […]

The SKA Observatory’s growing telescope array in South Africa, SKA-Mid, has achieved “first fringes” when signals received by two or more antennas are successfully combined. In the first true test that all the SKAO’s systems are working together, and that the SKA-Mid telescope is alive as a scientific instrument, the […]

Lukas Schmidt, at the University of Basel, recently began his Master’s studies in Physics. Before that, in the summer of 2025, he completed a bachelor’s degree in Computational Sciences, where he soon found his way into research. The Computational Sciences program offers students the opportunity to combine studying science and computational methods. […]

Swiss industrial innovation is, once again, featuring in the design and construction of the SKA with HUBER & SUHNER to deliver Coax connector and cable solutions to SKA-Low. The UK subsidiary of Herisau based HUBER & SUHNER has been awarded a multi-year sub-contract by antenna manufacturer, Sirio Antenne, to supply […]

Congratulations to the winners of the 2025 SKACH Awards, nominated by their peers for the outstanding contributions of the Swiss community to the international Square Kilometre Array effort. The 2025 SKACH Awards were presented during this year’s SKA Days hosted by ZHAW in Winterthur. They recognize excellence in research, development, […]

Our new podcast series, Radio Cosmos, continues. The first series is in French, and Episode 4 deals with the theme of “Space debris”. L’épisode 4 est désormais disponible ! Depuis les années 1950, des milliers de satellites ont été lancés dans notre ciel, et nombre d’entre eux y restent longtemps […]

Our new podcast series, Radio Cosmos, continues. The first series is in French, and Episode 3 deals with the theme of “Supermassive black holes”. L’épisode 3 est désormais disponible ! Que sont exactement les trous noirs supermassifs et pourquoi sont-ils importants ? Mark et Alexandra discutent de ces objets extraordinaires […]

Our new podcast series, Radio Cosmos, continues. The first series is in French, and Episode 2 deals with the theme of “Extraterrestrials and Exoplanets”. Notre nouveau podcast est désormais disponible ! Y a-t-il de la vie au-delà de notre planète et où la cherche-t-on ? Mark et Alexandra s’entretiennent avec […]

Our new podcast series, Radio Cosmos, has begun. The first series is in French, and Episode 1 deals with the theme of “Listening to the Universe”. Notre nouveau podcast est désormais disponible ! Comment la radioastronomie transforme-t-elle notre compréhension du cosmos, depuis le « bruit des étoiles » capté par […]

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 […]