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Germany joins the SKA Organisation

The Board of Directors of the Square Kilometre Array (SKA) Organisation has approved Germany, represented by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF), as the tenth member of the organisation to participate in the detailed design of the SKA telescope.

South Africa as the major location for the Square Kilometre Array (SKA) telescope changes the character of Africa, Minister of Science and Technology Naledi Pandor has said. “Who comes to Africa to actually do their best research? People come here to examine us, to find out how poor we are, to look at diseases that [...]

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A number of benefits are materialising from the selection of South Africa as the major location for the Square Kilometre Array (SKA) telescope, a government official has said.

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South Africa’s science and technology Minister Naledi Pandor has said that she was “ecstatic” that South Africa would host three-quarters of the Square Kilometre Array (SKA) project,

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South Africa is forging ahead with its space programme regardless of the decision to site the multi-million dollar project in the country or not.

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By Andre van Wyk, Africa’s bid to host the Square Kilometre Array (SKA) radio astronomy project could be a powerful driver for socio-economic development, South Africa’s Minister for Science and Technology, Naledi Pandor, said this week. The bid, led by South Africa in a partnership with several other African countries, also aims to present the [...]

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South Africa’s KAT-7 telescope – a seven-dish array which is a precursor to the SKA has produced the first atomic hydrogen spectral line images of a nearby galaxy.

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AUSTRALIA’S chances of hosting the world’s largest space telescope have been dealt a crippling blow.

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The international board members of the Square Kilometre Array (SKA) radio telescope will meet in April to decide whether the core site for the giant instrument will be built in South Africa or in Australia.

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Members of the European Parliament have called on their colleagues to support scientific partnerships between Europe and Africa.

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